Identify Verbal Irony

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Which sentence uses verbal irony?
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Which sentence uses verbal irony?
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Which sentence uses verbal irony?
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Which sentence uses verbal irony?
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Which sentence uses verbal irony?
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Which sentence uses verbal irony?
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Which sentence uses verbal irony?
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Which sentence uses verbal irony?
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Which sentence uses verbal irony?
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Which sentence uses verbal irony?
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Which sentence uses verbal irony?
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Hetal entered the room, and the cat darted out, hissing. She shook her head. This had happened many times before. “What can I say?” she shrugged. “Cats just love me.”

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Jermaine eyed the two plates suspiciously. One was piled high with nachos. The other looked as though it had five chips on it. That seems even, he thought.

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The toddler loved to dip food. Even if the combination might be weird, she loved taking a snack and dipping it into a sauce. Her parents always laughed about it afterwards. “Everyone loves strawberries with sour cream,” they would say.

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Xochitl was packing up her old things. She wanted to donate them to the local consignment store, but her mother kept objecting. “That was the outfit from your first dance recital, so you have to keep it!” As it had gotten so much use sitting in a box these past fifteen years, Xochitl was sure she would want it in her new apartment.

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Claudia’s legs were covered in itchy red bumps. “I am so glad it’s mosquito season,” she said, gritting her teeth. She desperately wanted to scratch her legs, but she knew that would not really help. Instead, she found some cortisol cream to apply to the bumps.

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The laundry hamper was full of clean clothes, fresh from the dryer. The children were completely ignoring it. Their mother sat staring at them, chin on her hand. The laundry would fold itself, so they could just continue playing their video games.

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When Felipe walked to his car, he noticed that his bumper had been dented. It was the perfect way to end his day. Now he would have to call the insurance company and find a repair shop. Felipe hoped his parents would be understanding.

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“That is just what I wanted, thank you!” the young father said to his baby. The baby had just stuck his half-chewed cracker into his dad’s mouth. The father grimaced and stuck out his tongue. All the while, his wife had been laughing and filming the little misadventure.