Irony are frequently used in essays and stories in order to attract the reader’s attention and make them stop and think for a while. The three types irony are dramatic irony, situational irony, and verbal irony. Firstly, “A Plague of Tics” includes dramatic irony in some parts of the essay. The author of the essay Sedaris has a duty of touching the doorknob eight times by his elbow before coming into the house. He hates his mind for having to accomplish the duties everyday, and therefore he wants to get it finished soon. Seeing Sedaris in front of the house touching the doorknob using his elbow eight times, his sister advises him to open the door by his hand instead. The reader would consider her suggestion helpful as it decreases the time