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Veronika exercise and took vitamins every day trying to make sure she would feel strong and healthy during her vacation when she arrived at the hotel many guests had the flu she got sick the next day which literary device is the author using

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Hey there!

Answer: Irony

Irony is an event which produces a total opposite result of what one expects to happen. In that paragraph, Veronika believes that she is fully immune to the flu and when she goes on vacation, she apparently contracts it.

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