Question

Read the sentence.

Manuel was throwing a [________] party for his girlfriend.

Which choice correctly fills in the blank?
surprise
saprise
suprise
soprise


Read the sentence.

“I just love having five research papers due on the same day!”

This sentence is an example of
verbal irony.
dramatic irony.
situational irony.
cosmic irony.


Read the quotation.

Let me walk three weeks in the footsteps of my enemy, carry the same burden, have the same trials as he, before I say one word to criticize.

Which statement best restates the main idea of this quotation?
Do not criticize an enemy after pretending to be him or her for three weeks.
It’s not good to criticize others because we don’t know what they face in life.
It’s acceptable to criticize an enemy because he or she is not a good person.
Criticizing another person is all right after a certain amount of time has passed.

Answer 1

1) surprise — correct spelling.

2) verbal irony — the speaker says the opposite of what they mean to express frustration/sarcasm.

3) “It’s not good to criticize others because we don’t know what they face in life.” — this restates the quotation’s main idea.