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Which situation best shows irony?

AA school nurse, who is usually busy, has a day with no student visits.
BA school nurse often misses work because she has an unhealthy lifestyle.
CA school nurse is married to one of the teachers.
DA school nurse sends five sick students home one afternoon.

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B sounds the most ironic since a nurse is a health caretaker, and with an unhealthy lifestyle she is contradicting her practice.

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Answer: B. A school nurse often misses work because she has an unhealthy lifestyle.

Explanation: an irony is a statement or a situation that seems contradictory to what the audience or the characters are expecting to hear or to happen. From the given options, the situation that best shows irony is the corresponding to option B: A school nurse often misses work because she has an unhealthy lifestyle, because a nurse is expected to be healthy (because she works in healthcare) but instead she has an unhealthy lifestyle (the opposite of what is expected).

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