Question

In both short stories that you read for this lesson, the authors use irony.

Choose one instance of irony from either “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” or “The Emperor’s New Clothes” and explain why the words or situation are ironic.

Include the example of irony and your explanation in your response. Your written response should include a minimum of 5-6 sentences.

Answer 1

Do you know what irony is?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Well all you have to do is search for instances in the stories you didn't expect.

Answer 4

@ghazi can you please help me
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Answer 5

well in the sentence 'The Emperor's New Cloth' the words New Cloth is irony because emperor's always wear new or something special so there is nothing surprising about that but as the topic sentence suggests New Cloth so there must be any sarcasm or irony about it....

Answer 6

thanks

Answer 7

*emperors

Answer 8

:) YW