CLASS 9
THE LAST LEAF
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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verbal irony
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dramatic irony
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situational irony
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Verbal irony is a figure of speech in which the literal meaning of what someone is saying is different from what they really mean. For example, someone saying “Just what I needed”, after spilling coffee on their shirt on the way to an important meeting.
Detailed explanation-2: -There is a bitter irony to her decline. There is a cruel irony for cancer care in this country. She has a great sense of irony. There was a certain irony in the run of play.
Detailed explanation-3: -A particularly common example of verbal irony involves weather. Reacting to a hurricane by saying, “what lovely weather we’re having” is verbal irony.
Detailed explanation-4: -Verbal irony occurs when a speaker’s intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying. For example, a character stepping out into a hurricane and saying, “What nice weather we’re having!” Situational irony occurs when the actual result of a situation is totally different from what you’d expect the result to be.