“ladies and gentlemen—” said the ballerina, reading the bulletin. she must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous. and it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred-pound men.

what is ironic about this excerpt?
the ballerina is described as beautiful, but she is actually hideous.
the news bulletin being read on the television is about harrison.
the ballerina is able to read the news bulletin flawlessly while wearing a mask and handicap bags.
the handicaps devised to conceal the ballerina’s strength and beauty actually accentuate them.

Drag each tile to the correct box. identify the order in which the sentences would appear in a diary entry.

Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.

Describe how the story of uncle pyotr in “a fateful journey” differs from the historical account of immigrants in “moving to america”