Verbal irony is best defined as
"a contradiction between what is said and what is really meant"
"the use of humor to emphasize the negative qualities of society"
"a description of something as being smaller or less than it really is"
"the use of an incorrect assumption that forms the basis of an argument"

What do mcmahon’s references to thomas carlyle and john stuart mill do for his own image and credibility?

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

What are benefits from nestle bottling water from the great lakes?