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Alex777 [14]
3 years ago
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Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest. Lady Bracknell. . . . I think some preliminary inquiry on my part would n

ot be out of place. Mr. Worthing, is Miss Cardew at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in London? I merely desire information. Until yesterday I had no idea that there were any families or persons whose origin was a Ter-. Which excerpt from the passage contains a paradox and a pun? “my part would not be out of place.” “larger railway stations in London.” “I merely desire information.” “whose origin was a Ter-.”
English
2 answers:
labwork [276]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

A

Explanation:

dexar [7]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Letter A is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The Importance of Being Earnest was written by Oscar Wilde, an English writer. In general, the play talks about society standards and how they can be hard to achieve.

A paradox puts two things that seems to be contradictory to show a new result. A pun is used to create a humorous or rhetorical effect through homonyms or words that can have more than one meaning according to the context. Due to this, the phrase "my part would not be out of place" contains a paradox (a part belonging to one self <em>out</em> of one self) and a pun by the meaning of the sentence.

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