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<em>Which phrase in this excerpt from Kurt Vonnegut's "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" is an example of </em><em>sarcasm</em><em>?</em>
<em>1)the blessings of another world war.</em>
<em>2)his mother lived to be fifty-three, his father to be forty-nine</em>
<em>3), if he can remain hidden from his enemies.</em>
<em>4)typewritten on a soiled scrap of paper</em>
<em>5)bewildering tangle of psychological jargon</em>
The is the answer. "Blessings" is an ironic, unexpectedly positive judgment of a universally bad situation (a world war). The sarcasm lies in the inspiration that a disastrous, deadly event can be fortunate and a purpose to be thankful.
the other solutions kingdom facts or describe a scenario with out judging or expressing emotion.
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