Question

Use the sentences to answer the question.

Karen, after spending an hour picking an outfit for her interview, bumped into another customer at Starbucks and spilled her coffee all over her white shirt. “Oh, this is just perfect,” she said.

Which figure of speech is used in the sentences?

(1 point)
Responses

analogy
analogy

pun
pun

metaphor
metaphor

irony

Answer 1

Irony — specifically verbal irony, since Karen says "this is just perfect" while meaning the opposite.