Question

Read the following sentences from "Loyalties."

When I returned my father was saying:
"Those dirty Biafrans, what did I tell you? As usual it was all talk. When it comes to talk there is nothing they
cannot do."
The schoolmaster called me. "Boy, if the Biafran soldiers cover twenty miles a day how long will it take them
to reach the Cameroons?"
The barber held his sides and groaned.
"Don't mind them." my father said. My mother called me from the back.
"Go and collect our Nigerian goat," she said.
Which type of humor does the mother use when speaking to the boy?
(1 point)
hyperbole
O incongruity
O irony
sarcasm

Answer 1

The type of humor the mother uses when speaking to the boy is irony.

Expressing a meaning that is contrary to the words' literal or expected meaning is known as irony. In this instance, the mother gives the boy seemingly simple instructions to "collect our Nigerian goat," but the irony is that the goat is called "Nigerian" during a discussion that contains disparaging remarks about Biafrans.

The goat's designation as "Nigerian" stands in ironic contrast to the earlier derogatory remarks made about Biafrans.