"we have been here two weeks, and i haven't felt like writing before, since that first day. i am sitting by the window now, up in this atrocious nursery, and there is nothing to hinder my writing as much as i , save lack of strength. john is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious. i am glad my case is not serious! " this excerpt gives an example of which of the following? a) allegory b) hyperbole c) irony d) satire

The excerpt gives an example of the following:

C) irony.

Explanation:

After describing a whole lot of problems concerning creative block, which clearly affect the speaker (we can tell by the way those problems are described), the excerpt ends with: "I am glad my case is not serious!". That is pure irony, which is a rhetorical device used when one says something in a way that shows what was actually meant to be said was the exact opposite.

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.

synomenous

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