Apolitical cartoon shows a family with beach gear driving past a sign that says, "welcome to paradise beach! " ahead of them is an empty, oil-covered beach. the technique the cartoonist is using is a. exaggeration b. irony c. labels and captions d. analogy

Most likely irony. Paradise is usually instilled in peoples' minds as somewhere refreshing and heavenly, and the next couple of words say "ahead of them is an empty oil-covered beach" which clearly objects with the paradise statement.

answer; /// i believe that they became successful farmers; ///////////////

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”