Question

Which scenarios are examples of verbal irony?
Select the two correct answers.

(4 points)
Responses

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.
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.

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.
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 red T-shirt and said, “I guess it’s Dad’s chance to be a fashion trendsetter.”
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.”

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.
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.

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 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.
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 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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Answer 1

Correct answers: Haleed’s pink laundry comment and Laura’s rabbits comment.

- Haleed: “I guess it’s Dad’s chance to be a fashion trendsetter.” (He’s being sarcastic about accidentally dyed lab coats — saying the opposite of what he means.)
- Laura: “It’s good to see that the rabbits enjoyed my flowers.” (She’s using irony/sarcasm to express disappointment that the rabbits ate her plants.)