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Read the passage. The weather forecaster predicted heavy rain and flooding. However, only a few clouds passed over, causing it to sprinkle. “That was sure a big downpour,” a radio commentator noted. Which literary device did the author use in the passage?

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The author used verbal irony as a literary device.
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