Alicia was in a hurry as she was heading out of the door to work that rainy, Monday morning. At the last minute, she remembered that she hadn’t fed the dogs yet, “Oh, no, I need to feed the dogs or they’ll starve all day!” After she fed the dogs, she grabbed her coffee from the kitchen counter and headed to her car. On her way to work, a car stopped short in front of her, which made her jostle her coffee and spill half of it down the front of her favorite shirt, making her exclaim, “Great–that’s just what I needed this morning!” Use the paragraph above to figure out which of the following sentences is an example of verbal irony. (1 point) Responses “Great–that’s just what I needed this morning!” “Great–that’s just what I needed this morning!” On her way to work, a car stopped short in front of her. On her way to work, a car stopped short in front of her. Alicia was in a hurry as she was heading out of the door to work. Alicia was in a hurry as she was heading out of the door to work. “Oh, no, I need to feed the dogs or they’ll starve all day!”
"Great–that’s just what I needed this morning!"
This sentence is an example of verbal irony, as the speaker is saying the opposite of what they actually mean. Alicia is not actually expressing that it is great that she spilled her coffee on her shirt, but is using sarcasm to convey her frustration.