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ironic
Explanation:
Irony is when something happens that wasn't expected. Ironic, isn't it, that your question was answered later than expected?
For expensive;
The vehicle was very expensive, although the family could afford it.
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(edit) So sorry about the old answer, I didn't catch the part when you said to explain how the writing engages the readers into it. The writer has presented this is a way that engages the readers by putting in all 5 senses, such as "straining to hear the volcano", "sulphurous stench", etc etc. He has also provided extremely descriptive language, and some figurative language as well. He vividly describes whats going on, and it's like you're right there when it's happening. He even includes dialouge, and writes it in 'first person', which is a great way to let the readers imagine what's going on as if they were there. Hope this helps!
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In Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane and Abraham Van Brunt (AKA Brom Bones) both compete for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy landowner. The rivalry between the two men and the pranks Brom Bones plays on Ichabod all lead to the ill-fated events of the story, in which Ichabod is frightened away from the town by the living embodiment of a local legend, the Headless Horseman. The two men are as different as can be, and Irving makes sure to exaggerate these differences in his descriptions of each character.
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