read the sentence from paragraph 1 of “bernice bobs her hair” and answer the question.

as a matter of fact marjorie had no female intimates—she considered girls stupid.

the literary term most applicable to this sentence is

1.satire, for the portrayal of young women in 1920s america
2.sarcasm, for highlighting marjorie’s dealings with other women of the 1920s
3.irony, for suggesting an unfathomable characteristic of 1920s women
4.understatement, for the portrayal of privileged women in the 1920s