An example of verbal irony is... A. Peter calls himself a "lone wolf."
B. The Van Daans arrive at the annex before the Franks.
C. Mr. Dussel says he is great with kids.
D. Miep bakes a cake to celebrate the New Year.

Listening is also important because you spend more time listening than participating in any other communication activity. in fact, you spend more time listening to others than doing almost anything else. typical americans spend more than 80 percent of any average day communicating with other people l. they spend 45 percent of that communication time listening to others. which sentence states the main idea?