County attorney. oh, i guess they’re not very dangerous things the ladies have picked up. (moves a few things about, disturbing the quilt pieces which cover the box. steps back.) no, mrs. peters doesn’t need supervising. for that matter, a sheriff’s wife is married to the law. ever think of it that way, mrs. peters?

which of the following most accurately describes this excerpt?

a. it is verbal irony because the county attorney means precisely the opposite of what he is actually saying.
b. it is dramatic irony because the audience knows that the county attorney does not actually mean what he is saying.
c. it is situational irony because the county attorney has actually issued a relevant warning to mrs. peters without realizing it.
d. it is not an example of any type of irony because the county attorney is simply making a statement.

c.It is situational irony because the County Attorney has actually issued a relevant warning to Mrs. Peters without realizing it.

Explanation: an irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems contrary to what one expects and it often has an amusing result. A situational irony is when what happens is the contrary to what the characters or the audience are expecting to happen. In the given excerpt we can see an example of a situational irony, because the County Attorney has actually issued a relevant warning to Mrs. Peters without realizing it (he didn't expect that to happen).

C. It is a situational irony because the County Attorney has actually issued a relevant warning to Mrs. Peters without realizing it.

Explanation:

There are 3 types of use of irony: verbal, dramatic and situational.

Situational Irony:

Occurs when the actual outcome of the situation turns out different from what one expects the result to be.

From the excerpt provided,  the County Attorney is warning Mrs. Peters not to go ahead with the accusation. - the Sheriff´s wife is married to the law and  there´s  no reason for such a "fuss" as the things picked were not dangerous.

Verbal Irony:

Irony occurs when words or actions are done or said contrary to what is really happening. - In this case the County Attorney means exactly what he is saying.

Dramatic Irony:

Irony occurs when the reader or audience knows  about a hidden information unknown to both characters.

In this case, there are no hidden facts to the characters. The County Attorney is there to warn Mrs. Peters and he states his argument quite clearly, when he says, "For that matter, a sheriff’s wife is married to the law"

a

explanation:

the hunger games, written by  suzanne collins, is fiction in the young adult genre, which is not my age group, but i found myself unable to put it down. its combination of nerve-racking tension, thrilling action, and engaging love story kept me up until the wee hours. i was surprised at how completely engrossing the plot was. like  brave new world, this story is set in a future where the government oppresses its people, but the book also borrows ideas from the greek myth of theseus and the minotaur.

divided into 12 districts, ruled by an oppressive government located at the  capitol. katniss everdeen, a 16-year-old girl from district 12, takes her younger sister’s place as one of 24 “tributes” selected every year to participate in the hunger games at the capitol.

while i found this book absolutely enthralling, i was surprised it was aimed at an audience of young adults. it seems extremely intense for anyone younger than 16 or 17. for example, there is a scene where one young tribute is slowly eaten alive by wolf-like creatures all night long, and katniss has to finally throw a weapon at him to end his misery. i found this a little too disturbing when i considered the age of the character.

the intensity of the action was something one would find in a more mature book, but the age of the characters and the simplicity of the prose were aimed at a much younger audience. in addition, this book was written in present tense, which i found annoying, but that’s more of a personal preference than a stylistic fault. it was also edited somewhat poorly, but that rarely distracted from the plot. for example, the author often spoke in sentence fragments to describe how katniss felt, which might have been an attempt to reflect on her thought process, but i found it disorienting to read a lot of really short sentences all together. it would have been better to vary the sentence length on occasion, but the story was still coherently.

overall,  the hunger games  was an excellent, enthralling read that i highly recommend. if it was more clearly marked for older teens, it would have been better, but it was a fantastic book with a wonderfully creative plot.

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