From the following list of text passages from, “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, select the passage which best exemplifies verbal irony: Question 2 options:
“Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.”
“She held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her.
“’Be a good sport, Tesse.’ Mrs. Delacroix called, and Mrs. Graves said, ‘All of us took the same chance.’”