<span>Irony is the appearance of one's sense by means of language that usually means the opposite, classically for funny or unequivocal effect.
Mrs. Crater thinks she is having a son-in-law, when in detail Mr. Shiftlet get her vehicle, her cash, and deserts her daughter at a diner.</span>
Is there any way you can add the passage? i really want to help!
A simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Now, you simply have to find the simile, and think about how you can interpret it. Since you did not attach the excerpt I can’t answer but at least this is how to do it.