Question

Which of the following is an example of irony?

A. Marvin is such a computer genius that he makes Bill Gates look like a kindergartner.

B. Sherry is as fast as a herd of turtles running through peanut butter.

C. Randy's environmental science project was a large poster of a tree with a caption that read: "Save the Trees, Go Paperless!"

D. When Trish asked her dad for an advance on her allowance, her voice was as warm as butter melting on a hot biscuit.

Answer 1

the answer is C because his poster says go paperless when he made that poster on paper

Answer 2

Answer: C) Randy's environmental science project was a large poster of a tree with a caption that read: "Save the Trees, Go Paperless!"

Explanation: an irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems contrary to what one expects and it often has an amusing result. From the given options, the scenario that represents an example of an irony, is the corresponding to option C, because the fact that Randy's campaign for saving the trees and go paperless was made in a large poster (a large piece of paper) is contradictory.