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MenuEnglish - Writing - Irony: Test - Answer 6

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Chemistry BeeIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a large fortune must be in search of a wife.

Yes - this is very subtle irony.

The statement is not really 'universally acknowledged'. The author is imputing this view to others in order to make fun of the idea.

[It's the famous opening sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.]

 

  
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