CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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When you expect one thing to happen, but something else happens
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When the audience/reader knows something the characters do not
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When a character says one thing but means something different
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Verbal irony is when your speaker says something that’s the opposite to what they mean. While it sounds similar to sarcasm, it’s not exactly the same. People usually use sarcasm to attack something, but that’s not always the case with irony.
Detailed explanation-2: -Verbal irony is a figure of speech. The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says.
Detailed explanation-3: -A verbal irony is a form of sarcasm where the speaker says one thing and means something else. The term verbal irony was first introduced by Aristotle in his work “Rhetoric”. He defined it as “saying one thing, but meaning another, or intending to mean something different from what you actually say”.
Detailed explanation-4: -Verbal irony occurs when someone says one thing but means another. As a literary device, this happens anytime the literal meaning of a statement differs from the author’s or character’s intended meaning. Verbal irony can be a way to include humor or levity in a story, but it’s not always funny.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.