Use the following sentence to answer the question.

A sister walks into her brother's messy apartment and says, "I see you're still the king of clean!"

This sentence is an example of which figure of speech?

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Responses

Verbal Irony
Verbal Irony

Pun
Pun

Simile
Simile

Synonym

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The sentence is an example of Verbal Irony. The sister's statement about her brother being the "king of clean" is sarcastic, given that she is observing a messy apartment.