The three types of irony...

In a scary movie, a character runs inside a house to try and escape the killer. However, the audience is aware that the killer is already inside waiting.

A timid man who struggles with controlling his nerves and has recently moved to rural Europe in search of peace and relaxation.

To speak badly of someone

Represents what is appearance versus reality

As soon as you walk out of Starbucks, you drop your coffee. You react by saying, "Oh, great! I didn't want that anyway!"

The character that Mr. Nuttel first talked to.

Based on incomplete facts

Implies a meaning that is different from the one that is actually stated

At the end of "The Open Window", Vera explains to Mrs. Sappleton that Mr. Nuttle abruptly ran out of the house because he saw the dog approaching the house and he has had bad experiences with dogs. As the reader, we know that he never told such a story.

Mrs. Sappleton's husband and two brothers were gone for the day doing this activity...

Understood by a select few

Often confused with coincidence or bad luck

Mr. Nuttel moved to rural England looking for peace and quiet in order to relax his nerves, but soon finds himself in a household apparently haunted by ghosts.

Helped Mr. Nuttel become acquainted with the people in the town he recently moved to.

To lessen the severity of

When the reader knows something that the characters do not

In the final line of "The Open Window" which states, "Romance at short notice was her specialty", the word "romance" is actually used to refer to Vera's ability to create imaginative, yet believable stories almost instantly.

The type of dog that the young girl describes went missing at the same time as the husband and two brothers.

Satiric or unexpected