What’s the underlined word?
Answer:
1. At the beginning, who seems most concerned about the group of boys being stranded on
an island with no form of authority present?
d. Simon
Answer: D. because he feels the exam was painfully tough
Explanation:
Verbal irony: a figure of speech when somebody means something other than what they said/they reality.
Paul says that the exam was as pleasant as a root canal, and root canals are not pleasant at all. This tells us that Paul did not find the exam nice, rather, he found it painful, hence he meant the opposite of what he actually said.
