Question

Identify the correct figure of speech.

The town's fire station burned down.
A.simile
B. metaphor
C. personification
D. irony
E. hyperbole

Answer 1

Answer:
Your answer would be choice D, irony!

Explanation:
Since the building that’s burning down is a fire station, it’s simply ironic that a place that’s supposed to represent putting out fires burned down.
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