Which sentence describes an example of situational irony in gulliver's travels? a. instead of horses pulling carriages full of people, people pull carriages full of horses. b. gulliver takes voyages to a series of imaginary lands, each with a different culture. c. gulliver uses the phrase "brute beasts" to refer to animals that are wise and cultured. d. gulliver worries over what to eat in the country of the houyhnhnms.

A) Instead of horses pulling carriages full of people, people pull carriages full of horses.

Explanation: an irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems contrary to what one expects and it often has an amusing result. A situational irony is when what happens is the contrary to what the characters or the audience are expecting to happen. From the given options, the sentence that describes an example of situational irony in Gulliver's Travels, is the corresponding to option A, because it is the contrary of what one would expect.

Instead of horses pulling carriages full of people, people pull carriages full of horses

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