1 - Read the sentence below and answer the following question:

The council meeting ran out of time, and members were unable to discuss procedures for having shorter meetings.

This sentence is an example of which of the following?

a - Irony

b - Understatement

c - Sarcasm

d - Satiree

This sentence is an example of A. irony.

Irony, similar to a paradox, is when something opposite happens from what you expected. The goal of the meeting was to talk about having shorter meetings, and they didn't manage to do so because the meeting lasted for too long, which is ironic.