Read this passage from “the pedestrian” by ray bradbury:

the police, of course, but what a rare, incredible thing; in a city of three million, there was only one police car left, wasn’t that correct? ever since a year ago, 2052, the election year, the force had been cut down from three cars to one. crime was ebbing; there was no need now for the police, save for this one lone car wandering and wandering the empty streets.

which statement best explains how irony is used in the passage?
a. there is only one police patrol car to serve a city of three million people.
b. during an election year, a city agrees to reduce its police force by 200 percent.
c. even though the people stayed in their houses, the city still held elections.
d. if people stayed inside, there would be crime and no need for police.

The correct answer is A because there is millions of people with only one police car ironic

A.

Explanation: In this passage of "The Pedestrian", by Ray Bradbury, the statement that best explains how irony is used is "...there is only one police patrol car to serve a city of three million people." We can see that the irony points out that only one car is enough for three million people. In this case, the irony shows the incongruity of what actually happens a sole police car for three million people, and what can be expected, it is not enough.  

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

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