As Lucia left home on her birthday, a bus splashed her with mud and ruined her new sweater. Happy Birthday to me she muttered. What year of speech is shown in the paragraph? A verbal irony b item category c pun d, personification
The correct answer is a) verbal irony. Verbal irony is when someone says something but means the opposite. In this case, Lucia's sarcastic comment of "Happy Birthday to me" after getting splashed with mud on her birthday shows verbal irony.
