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Read the paragraph.
Jamile is recording secretary of our school's student council. His primary job is to take notes at each meeting and present a brief summary at the next one. BUt Jamile's summaries include almost every comment from every council member. Dina has told him the only problem with his presentations is that they _________________
Which phrase would add VERBAL IRONY to the paragraph?
run longer than the meetings.
take too much time to read
include minor details
aren't sufficiently brief.
Answer: Run longer than the meetings.
Explanation: <u>Verbal</u> <u>Irony</u> occurs when a speaker or writer speaks a statement with the intention of contradicting its literal meaning. In other words, it happens when the character speaks contraditory of what he initially intended to say. It is common in everyday speeches, plays, novels, poetry and is usually used as sarcasm. When properly used, authors can transmit their thoughts in a less bitter and more effective way.
Therefore for the phrase, the sentence that best support the meaning of Verbal Irony is: "run longer than the meetings", which also indicates the sarcasm of the situation, minimizing the bitterness of the comment.
Answer:
The words "strangest" and "unusual" suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.
Explanation:
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is not a story about a pleasant neighborhood or a political revolution. It is indeed a story about an odd group of people. The characters, most of them rich and somewhat famous in their social circle, are broken people.
The narrator, Nick, is cousin to Daisy, the love interest of the main character, Gatsby. Nick is the only one who seems unable to adapt to the other characters' vain lifestyle. He is capable of watching their stories develop only to reach a somber conclusion. Morals and happiness are kept at bay by the vanity and selfishness of the richer portion of society. They are truly miserable, even if they appear to be enjoying themselves. There is no love between husband and wife, mother and daughter, or between friends.
Nick himself ends up walking away from the others, disgusted by the falsehood of their lives.
Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant within close proximity. For example, "the six sisters seemed sad" shows alliteration by repetition of "s." Thus, the three lines that show alliteration are:
Doth ask a divine drink (repetition of "d")
But thou thereon didst only breathe (repetition of "th")
Since when it grows, and smells, I swear (repetition of "s")
Explanation:
Quotation marks are used to represent exact language that is used by another person, it can be something they said or a line from story or poem. Quotation marks are meant signal that the stated line had been said by someone before and therefore you avoid plagiarism.
Boring or dull as tedious means too long or slow
