Analyzing Satire in Fiction Answers

Which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? Select two options.

Which examples of situational irony does Saki use to create satire? Select two options.

Read the passage from "The Storyteller.”The children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. Evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation.In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character."Wouldn’t they have saved her if she hadn’t been good?” demanded the bigger of the small girls. It was exactly the question that the bachelor had wanted to ask."Well, yes,” admitted the aunt lamely, "but I don’t think they would have run quite so fast to her help if they had not liked her so much.”"It’s the stupidest story I’ve ever heard,” said the bigger of the small girls, with immense conviction."I didn’t listen after the first bit, it was so stupid,” said Cyril.The smaller girl made no actual comment on the story, but she had long ago recommenced a murmured repetition of her favourite line.

Read the excerpt from "The Storyteller."The frown on the bachelor's face was deepening to a scowl. He was a hard, unsympathetic man, the aunt decided in her mind. She was utterly unable to come to any satisfactory decision about the grass in the other field.

Read the excerpt from "The Storyteller.”"You don’t seem to be a success as a storyteller,” said the bachelor suddenly from his corner.The aunt bristled in instant defense at this unexpected attack."It’s a very difficult thing to tell stories that children can both understand and appreciate,” she said stiffly."I don’t agree with you,” said the bachelor."Perhaps you would like to tell them a story,” was the aunt’s retort."Tell us a story,” demanded the bigger of the small girls."Once upon a time,” began the bachelor, "there was a little girl called Bertha, who was extraordinarily good.”The children’s momentarily-aroused interest began at once to flicker; all stories seemed dreadfully alike, no matter who told them.