Which situation best shows irony?
a. a school nurse, who is usually busy, has a day with no student visits.
b. a school nurse often misses work because she has an unhealthy lifestyle.
c. a school nurse is married to one of the teachers.
d. a school nurse sends five sick students home one afternoon.

B. A school nurse often misses work because she has an unhealthy lifestyle.

Explanation: an irony is a statement or a situation that seems contradictory to what the audience or the characters are expecting to hear or to happen. From the given options, the situation that best shows irony is the corresponding to option B: A school nurse often misses work because she has an unhealthy lifestyle, because a nurse is expected to be healthy (because she works in healthcare) but instead she has an unhealthy lifestyle (the opposite of what is expected).

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.