Verbal irony is when someone says something but it really means the opposite. It is very often sarcastic, but it can be an overstatement or understatement.
Example: soft like concrete, clear like mud, relaxed like a coiled rattlesnake
or in Act III of Scene V, of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is irritated by her father’s decision to hand her over in marriage to Paris whom she does not love instead of Romeo whom she adores. She decides that she will marry Romeo and expresses her desire to her mother ironically; saying that she was not going to marry yet, but when she will marry it will be to<em> Romeo whom she hates, and not Paris.</em>
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or in the Shrek movie, there are spats between Shrek and a donkey in which the donkey asks Shrek for accommodation. Shrek accepts by saying, “Of course!” Yet when the donkey responds by asking, “Really?” Shrek denies ever accepting.
or "I love you like a heart attack. "
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I would say “shuffling” best completes the sentence because he has problems with his legs and he probably won’t be crawling from room to room
Slinking means like smoothly moving, which he obviously cannot do
Hope this helps!
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