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Question

igures or speech on meaning and tone MiMK

Select the verbal irony in the passage.

Singer: (singing) 'Cause every time I see your face, _ can't help but fall from

grace. _ Know - -

Joey: Wow! This girl is good.

Phoebe: Oh-ho yeah! A song with rhyming words. Oo, I never thought of that

before. - - -

Monica: (to Phoebe) Look at you. All jealous.

Ross: Yeah Pheebs, come on, you two have completely different styles.

Answer

Monica's statement to Phoebe ("Look at you. All jealous.") is an example of verbal irony.

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Verbal irony is when a speaker says one thing but means another. In this passage, Monica says to Phoebe "Look at you. All...