Question
Which scenarios are examples of verbal irony? Select the two correct answers. (1 point)
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Kim was a board member of a local animal rights group, and she frequently led protests against raising animals for their fur. At the annual banquet for volunteers, Kim arrived wearing her grandmother's mink coat.
Haleed put his father's white lab coats into the washer and started the machine. When the washer stopped, he noticed that everything was pink. He pulled out a
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red T-shirt and said, "I guess it's Dad's chance to be a fashion trendsetter."
• Jesse took off sprinting to escape the onslaught of water balloons that were being catapulted in his direction, when, all of a sudden!, he fell headfirst into the deep end of the pool.
Janeen got a credit card and had the monthly bill emailed to her. The balance quickly became uncomfortably large because she paid only the minimum amount
• due. While Janeen was paying her bills online, she got up to get a snack. Just then, her mother walked in and noticed the email from the credit card company.
She was shocked at the large balance.
Laura moved to a new apartment that had a tiny garden where she could plant a few flowers. She bought some seedling flower plants and planted them one
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afternoon. The next morning, she checked on them and saw only a few short stems. "It's good to see that the rabbits enjoyed my flowers," she said.
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Kim was a board member of a local animal rights group, and she frequently led protests against raising animals for their fur. At the annual banquet for volunteers, Kim arrived wearing her grandmother's mink coat.
Haleed put his father's white lab coats into the washer and started the machine. When the washer stopped, he noticed that everything was pink. He pulled out a
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red T-shirt and said, "I guess it's Dad's chance to be a fashion trendsetter."
• Jesse took off sprinting to escape the onslaught of water balloons that were being catapulted in his direction, when, all of a sudden!, he fell headfirst into the deep end of the pool.
Janeen got a credit card and had the monthly bill emailed to her. The balance quickly became uncomfortably large because she paid only the minimum amount
• due. While Janeen was paying her bills online, she got up to get a snack. Just then, her mother walked in and noticed the email from the credit card company.
She was shocked at the large balance.
Laura moved to a new apartment that had a tiny garden where she could plant a few flowers. She bought some seedling flower plants and planted them one
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afternoon. The next morning, she checked on them and saw only a few short stems. "It's good to see that the rabbits enjoyed my flowers," she said.
Answers
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The two scenarios that are examples of verbal irony are:
1. **Kim was a board member of a local animal rights group, and she frequently led protests against raising animals for their fur. At the annual banquet for volunteers, Kim arrived wearing her grandmother's mink coat.**
- This is an example of verbal irony because Kim, who advocates against using fur, is ironically wearing a mink coat, which is in direct contradiction to her beliefs.
2. **Haleed put his father's white lab coats into the washer and started the machine. When the washer stopped, he noticed that everything was pink. He pulled out a red T-shirt and said, "I guess it's Dad's chance to be a fashion trendsetter."**
- This scenario contains verbal irony as Haleed humorously suggests that his father's lab coat will now be fashionable in pink, despite it being an unintended and unfortunate consequence of the laundry mishap.
The other scenarios do not contain verbal irony as they do not involve a discrepancy between what is said and what is meant in a humorous or sarcastic way.
1. **Kim was a board member of a local animal rights group, and she frequently led protests against raising animals for their fur. At the annual banquet for volunteers, Kim arrived wearing her grandmother's mink coat.**
- This is an example of verbal irony because Kim, who advocates against using fur, is ironically wearing a mink coat, which is in direct contradiction to her beliefs.
2. **Haleed put his father's white lab coats into the washer and started the machine. When the washer stopped, he noticed that everything was pink. He pulled out a red T-shirt and said, "I guess it's Dad's chance to be a fashion trendsetter."**
- This scenario contains verbal irony as Haleed humorously suggests that his father's lab coat will now be fashionable in pink, despite it being an unintended and unfortunate consequence of the laundry mishap.
The other scenarios do not contain verbal irony as they do not involve a discrepancy between what is said and what is meant in a humorous or sarcastic way.