In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, after a fit of weeping, Mrs. Mallard goes to her room. Instead of grief, she begins to experience a sense of exhilarating relief. What type of irony does this exemplify?

A. situational irony

B. verbal irony

C. dramatic irony

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Kara Duffy

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7 May, 17:05

In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, after a fit of weeping, Mrs. Mallard goes to her room. Instead of grief, she begins to experience a sense of exhilarating relief. What type of irony does this exemplify?

A. situational irony

B. verbal irony

C. dramatic irony

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Mylie Page · Answer 1

The correct answer is A) situational irony.

It is a kind of irony in which you expect something to happen, and something else completely different happens instead.

In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, after a fit of weeping, Mrs. Mallard goes to her room. Instead of grief, she begins to experience a sense of exhilarating relief. What type of irony does this exemplify?A. situational ironyB. verbal ironyC. dramatic irony

In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, after a fit of weeping, Mrs. Mallard goes to her room. Instead of grief, she begins to experience a sense of exhilarating relief. What type of irony does this exemplify?

A. situational irony

B. verbal irony

C. dramatic irony