Read the story.Anna asked her mother if she could drive the car to the store herself.Anna’s mom said, "Sure, ten-year-olds drive themselves to the store all the time!”

Verbal irony occurs when someone says something different from—or opposite to—what they really mean, often sarcastically. Anna’s mother says that ten-year-olds drive themselves to the store all the time, but she clearly means that Anna is too young to drive.

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