"we have been here two weeks, and i haven't felt like writing before, since that first day. i am sitting by the window now, up in this atrocious nursery, and there is nothing to hinder my writing as much as i , save lack of strength. john is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious. i am glad my case is not serious! " this excerpt gives an example of which of the following? a) allegory b) hyperbole c) irony d) satire

The excerpt gives an example of the following:

C) irony.

Explanation:

After describing a whole lot of problems concerning creative block, which clearly affect the speaker (we can tell by the way those problems are described), the excerpt ends with: "I am glad my case is not serious!". That is pure irony, which is a rhetorical device used when one says something in a way that shows what was actually meant to be said was the exact opposite.

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