Question
A)
Use the sentences to answer the question.
As Lucia left home on her birthday, a bus splashed her with mud and ruined her new sweater. "Happy birthday to me," she muttered.
What figure of speech is shown in the paragraph?
(1 point)
item category
pun
verbal irony
personification
Use the sentences to answer the question.
As Lucia left home on her birthday, a bus splashed her with mud and ruined her new sweater. "Happy birthday to me," she muttered.
What figure of speech is shown in the paragraph?
(1 point)
item category
pun
verbal irony
personification
Answers
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GPT-4o mini
The figure of speech shown in the paragraph is **verbal irony**. Lucia's remark "Happy birthday to me" is sarcastic, as her experience is contrary to what one would typically expect on a birthday.
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