Read the following excerpt from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi:
Once a day a cheap, gaudy packet arrived upward from St. Louis, and another downward from Keokuk. Before these events, the day was glorious with expectancy; after them, the day was a dead and empty thing.
Which comedic technique does this excerpt best illustrate?
A.
Hyperbole
B.
Irony
C.
Sarcasm
D.
Understatement
1 answer
B. Irony