Question

paraprashed from "the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county. AS he tells the story, wheeler never smiles , and he never frowns. bolded sentence is an example of. A a human foible B an incongruity C a funny name D a hyperbole

Answer 1

Gradpoint answer B

Answer 2

This is an example of B) An incongruity.

Saying that he never smiles implies that he frowns, however the second part of the sentence states that he never frowns. This is incongruous, meaning the sentence says two things that seem to contradict each other.