Nice shot! i always dreamed i'd lose the championship by a missed free throw. what is the verbal irony in this statement? (5 points) the speaker feels that getting to the championship is as good as winning. the speaker didn't want to win the championship but feels the last shot was a good try. the speaker has always dreamed of winning a basketball championship. the speaker is frustrated by the loss and does not believe the last shot was a good one.

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes