Which is an example of irony? a. a firefighter rushes into a blazing house to rescue a cat and barely survives the ordeal. b. a woman predicts that the baby she's carrying will be a boy, but the baby turns out to be a girl. c. a boy who is angry at his parent, slips into an alley to avoid his mother and runs right into his father. d. a man challenges another man to a duel, but only one of the men shows up to the duel.

C) A boy who is angry at his parents, slips into an alley to avoid his mother and runs right into his father.

Explanation:

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the right ones are in bold.

daintly refers to the fact she was reaching for what she ate, not necessarily what she is like.

greatest charm as in she possessed (=had) the greatest charm.

pleasant (her demeanor)

speaking (of her sensibility)

dead refers to the hypothetical mouse.

bleeding refers to the hypothetical mouse.

some attention getter quotes to support your thesis regarding brain work could be the following: :

a. storage capacity of your brain is virtually unlimited.

b. your brain produces sufficient electricity to light-up a small bulb.

c. different brain circuits are involved with reading aloud or silently.

d. your brain by itself does not feel pain.

e. reading allows your brain to download info directly.

f. brains of two musicians performing together can synchronize.