Read the excerpt from "The Lottery."

The people separated good-humoredly to let her through: two or three people said, in voices just loud enough to be heard across the crowd, "Here comes your Missus, Hutchinson," and "Bill, she made it after all." Mrs. Hutchinson reached her husband, and Mr. Summers, who had been waiting, said cheerfully, "Thought we were going to have to get on without you, Tessie." Mrs. Hutchinson said grinning, "Wouldn't have me leave m'dishes in the sink, now, would you, Joe?" and soft laughter ran through the crowd as the people stirred back into position after Mrs. Hutchinson's arrival.

Which line from the excerpt contains irony?

“Bill, she made it after all.”
“Thought we were going to have to get on without you, Tessie.”
“Wouldn’t have me leave m’dishes in the sink, now, would you, Joe?”
“Here comes your Missus, Hutchinson.”

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Answer:

its answer B “Thought we were going to have to get on without you, Tessie.”

The line that contains irony in the excerpt is "Thought we were going to have to get on without you, Tessie.” (option B)

Why is option B ironical?

In "The Lottery," a whole village takes part in a lottery in which the prize is quite awful. Rather than receiving money, for example, those whose names are drawn are stoned to death by the rest of the inhabitants.

That is what makes the line in option B ironical. Tessie arrives late for the lottery, but she is the one whose name is picked in the end. If she hadn't come to the event, things would actually have been better for her.

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