1. What is irony?
- **a literary technique that shows a contrast between expectations and reality**
2. Use the sentence to answer the question.
- "I’m amazing at this,” John said with a chuckle as he cleaned up the fallen remains of his toothpick sculpture.
- **verbal irony**
3. What is sarcasm?
- **verbal irony used to mock, ridicule, or criticize**
4. What is a paradox?
- **a self-contradictory statement or situation that might express a hidden truth or deeper meaning**
5. In which type of writing do paradoxes most often occur? Select the two correct answers.
- **Speculative writing**
- **Humorous texts**