30. read the following passage from first connfession in which the main character has just entered the confessional.
it must have been then that i noticed the shelf at about one height with my head. it was really a place for grown up people to rest their elbows, but in my distracted state i thought it was probably the place you were supposed to kneel. of course, it was on the high side and not very deep, but i was always good at climbing and managed to get up alright. staying up was the
"what are you doing up there? " he shouted in an angry voice, and the strain the politeness was putting on my hold of the molding, and the shock of being addressed in such an uncivil tone, were too much for me.

which of the following stylistic elements is used by the writer to create humor in these lines?
a) hyperbole
b) incongruity
c) irony
d) sarcasm

B) incongruity.

Explanation: In the given passage, we can see the description of a child entering a confessional for the first time. He didn't know what he was supposed to do there, so he did what he thought it was right: to climb up in a shelf, this is an example of incongruity. Incongruity refers to something that is out of place or inappropriate, something that one would not expect.

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