First, find five examples of humorous devices that you have encountered. these can include any of the following: verbal irony sarcasm situational irony dramatic irony hyperbole understatement malapropism pun oxymoron

Pun: "Frog parking, all other will be toad" (sign attached) It represents a pun, which is a play with words with FROG and TOAD as they have different meanings and TOW means to pull or hawl a car.

Irony: "A fire station burns to the ground". It represents an irony, as nobody expects that a place where fires are extinguished, will catch fire, as in a fire station, their job is to put out fires.

Sarcasm: "Sometimes, I need what only you can provide: your absence." It represents sarcasm because it is an insult. It is said that sarcasm is the ability to insult without everyone realizing it.

Hyperbole: "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse". (picture attached) This humourous device uses extreme exaggeration to make a point. They are not comparisons, they are ridiculous statements, that they don't have to be taken literally.

Understatement: " Looks like it rained a bit last night" (picture attached) and in reality the person is describing a huge storm overnight. It adds humour to a serious situation

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

may i know the title of the book?