In the short story lather and nothing else, which of the following describes the story's main instance of irony?
a. captain torres knows the barber is a revolutionary
b. captain torres believes the barber is honest
c. the barber knows captain torres is a revolutionary
d. the barber accuses captain torres of treason

That Captain Torres knows the barber is a revolutionary describes the story's main instance of irony.

Explanation:

The story "Just lather, that's all" by Hernando Tellez, has a constant sense of iron since the two characters are faced to each other all the story and the barber has an inner conflict about killing the Captain since he is a revolutionary man and the Captain has done a lot of things against people, and the irony is that the Captain knew the truth all the time and wanted to see if the barber would dare to kill him.

the use supports it by making it seem like the dictators are not bad to the people when the truly are.

when making an inference, the reader should be sure to support the inference with

evidence

a is an educated guess about what will happen.

c. prediction

when new information proves that a reader's prediction is wrong, the reader should

make a new prediction based on the new information.