A newspaper, magazine article, commercial or song that uses the device Verbal Irony Or Pun

Question

cant fond none please help

Answer 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asqQGVu940E

"Richard Cory" was first a famous poem, then a Paul Simon song.  Every year in class my students gasp at the irony in the final lines. 

Answer 2

I love theonion.com for all my irony needs!

Answer 3

Another website that could be useful is www.flocabulary.com/figurative-language. They take different songs and such and show you the "word play". Hope this helps.

 

Answer 4

There are so many of these all over the web.  Here is just a few, with one of my own favorite examples thrown in:

Cheezburger puns: http://memebase.cheezburger.com/puns/tag/newspaper

 

Look a this picture carefuly, isn’t it ironic? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Road_to_recovery_gnangarra.jpg

 

This guy uses Verbal Irony in his articles: http://lewisgrizzard.com/

 

More newspaper puns: http://lemill.net/content/webpages/puns-in-newspaper-headlines-reading-and-discussion