Question

Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game."

"Ah, indeed?" the general inquired solicitously. "Well, I suppose that's
only natural, after your long swim. You need a good, restful night's
sleep. Tomorrow you'll feel like a new man, I'll wager. Then we'll hunt,
eh? I've one rather promising prospect—"

Rainsford was hurrying from the room.

The general’s claim that he has “one rather promising prospect” for tomorrow’s hunt is an example of

Answer 1

The answer is irony because of the fact that the main character is the prospect for the hunt.

Answer 2

A resposta certa é Ironia, porque o personagem, na verdade, não tem uma boa perspectiva.

Irony is a form of literary expression or a figure of rhetoric that consists in saying the opposite of what one wants to express. In Literature, irony is the art of mocking someone or something, with a point of view getting a reaction from the reader, listener or interlocutor.