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a. The theft of the old man's most prized possession brings him happiness.
Explanation:
Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between appearance and reality. and it says the theftt of his most prized possession brings him happiness.Now, most people if somebody steals their most prized possession  won't bring us happiness it would make us upset and mad. 
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1. to enact (keep the pattern of using the word "to" before the verb)
2. three of his ribs (keep the pattern of listing numbers of bones broken) 
3. that they have rested properly (all items are in the same tense "they have")
4. jumping a burning fire (keep the pattern of verbs in the present tense) 
5. whirred loudly (keep list in the past tense "last night") 
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I think I can give maybe some guidance on number two but you’ll have to write it yourself and answer number three yourself. So when they say tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth I believe what they want is simply the truth, the whole truth which means no leaving out details tell EVERYTHING, and nothing but the truth means to just not lie. I really hope this helped even a little bit!
        
             
        
        
        
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because all the other girls was getting more attention and she needed to do something about it