Verbal irony is best defined as
"a contradiction between what is said and what is really meant"
"the use of humor to emphasize the negative qualities of society"
"a description of something as being smaller or less than it really is"
"the use of an incorrect assumption that forms the basis of an argument"

If someone wants to funds to you stick around it means they’re going to give you money

In at least one hundred words, discuss how the man with the umbrella in sorrentino’s “there’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella” is an example of an extended metaphor and what central theme he conveys.

What is implied in this sentence from mark twain's "the ? 1,000,000 bank-note"? i was puzzled, and wanted to discuss the matter a little further, but they didn't; so i took my leave, feeling hurt and insulted to be made the butt of what was apparently some kind of a practical joke, and yet obliged to put up with it, not being in circumstances to resent affronts from rich and strong folk.