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lana [24]
3 years ago
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the olympic swimmer drowned while on vacation in hawaii. what is the figure of speech of this sentance

English
1 answer:
d1i1m1o1n [39]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

irony

Explanation:

he is an olympic swimmer, but he drowned

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