Victory and Despair: The Roaring Twenties, Modernism, and Postwar Outlooks — Test
Question 1 • English III
Which excerpt contains an example of irony?
Answer
A
Camellias drooped from thick bushes, their once-pristine white petals browning in the oppressive summer heat.
B
She had been raised to make a prestigious match, to secure her family's legacy. Instead, she found herself the last raggedy branch on her family's withered tree [. . .]
C
Through shattered windows, faded brocade curtains undulated lazily, beckoning whispers of the home's faded opulence. In the shadowed recesses of the drawing room, young Henley Beauregard sat primly in a tattered hoop skirt [. . .]
D
[. . .] soon to be consumed by the relentless Southern earth, her fortunes and delicate beauty devoured without preamble.