What does the verbal irony in this text suggest?
For spring allergy sufferers, the botanical garden is as pleasant as a traffic jam.
The botanical garden is enjoyable for everyone. The botanical garden is unpleasant for allergy sufferers.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
Verbal irony involves saying one thing but implying something very different. People often use verbal irony when they are being sarcastic.
Olivia seems thrilled that her car keeps breaking down.
Each breakdown is as enjoyable as a punch to the face.
The text uses verbal irony, which involves saying one thing but implying something very different.
As pleasant as a traffic jam suggests that the botanical garden is unpleasant for allergy sufferers. A traffic jam is not pleasant, and neither is a place that causes allergies to flare up.