Select the correct answer. Which of these sentences best describes verbal irony?
A.
It illustrates ways in which the characters and people cannot control their own fate.
B.
It involves using words or actions to convey the opposite of the literal meaning.
C.
It occurs when a character unknowingly reveals a personal insight or truth.
It adds depth to a story because the reader knows more than the story's characters.
D.
It adds depth to a story because the reader knows more than the story’s characters

B

Explanation:

irony is uisng words in a diiferent way or (opposite meaning).

verbal=using words. SO, verbal irony is B

the choice that is not a technique that you should use to come up with ideas for the topic of a research project is, writing about academic subjects that are not interesting to you. this does not belong to the techniques to come up with ideas because having no interest in a certain topic will lose your drive to come up with better ideas. it gives no room for improvement and acquiring of new ideas and information. 

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