The answer to this would be verbal irony.
Irony is a discrepancy or an incongruence between what is anticipated and to what it actually is. There are three types of irony. One would be verbal irony which, as the name suggests, revolves around speaking or what is said. The other two would be dramatic irony and situation irony. Dramatic irony is usually used in plays, dramas, and the like that involves the audience's awareness. Situation irony would be more involved with what's happening around.
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B. Starting on a project at the last minute can increase anxiety
Answer:
C. Apostrophe
Explanation:
Apostrophe:
Apostrophe is a figure of speech by using which a writer or speaker addresses an absent/dead person as if he/she were present, or an inanimate object or idea as if it were a living thing and listening to him/her (speaker).
Examples:
"O wild West Wind"
"O, my cell phone, you were so dear to me."
Hyperbole: It is an exaggerated statement not to be taken literally.
Examples:
"The sun came just meters away from the earth."
"She would conquer the entire universe with her smile"
Simile:
It is a figure of speech in which the writer makes comparison between two things which may have some relation but are different. Simile always uses comparison words such as, like, as, similar to etc.
Examples:
"He is as brave as a lion"
"Life is like a dream"
Litotes:
It is an understatement in which a positive statement is made by negating its opposite. Or use of double negatives to make a positive statement.
Examples:
"It was not one of my best days" to mean It was one of my bad days."
"The books was not bad" to mean the book was good."
This relates to unhealthy relationships cause now its caused an addiction as the rat only does it for pleasure over and over and over again.
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Initially, the children respond to the man's cries for help by making their way to Arthur's place. The implication is that they're thinking about getting him some rope or a ladder to help him climb out of the well. But before they reach Arthur's place, they slow down before eventually stopping where they are. After waiting for what seems like a while they walk back to the well, without anything that might help save the trapped man from his predicament.
