Language and Style Unit Test

Question

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Question
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)
Responses

item category
item category

personification
personification

verbal irony
verbal irony

pun

Answer 1

pun