Read the excerpt from "the gift of the magi." "isn't it a dandy, jim? i hunted all over town to find it. you'll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. give me your watch. i want to see how it looks on it." instead of obeying, jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled. "dell," said he, "let's put our christmas presents away and keep 'em a while. they're too nice to use just at present. i sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. and now suppose you put the chops on." which best describes the use of irony in this excerpt? the excerpt is an example of verbal irony, as jim tells della to put the presents away. the excerpt is an example of dramatic irony, as the audience knows something that jim does not. the excerpt is an example of situational irony, as jim has sold the watch for which della bought a chain. the excerpt is an example of dramatic irony, as the audience knows something that neither one of the couple knows.

The answer is: The excerpt is an example of situational irony, as Jim has sold the watch for which Della bought a chain.

The irony is literary device that can be divide in verbal and situational, the verbal irony is when a word or sentence means something more that the literal or actual meaning, and the situational irony is when some events result a different way than it was expected, in this case the irony comes when you find out that Jim sold the watch, for which Dell bought a chain, to get money for the combs for Dell.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i don't know sorry i cannot read a novel in 30 min.

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but just in case i think the answer is b.