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One of the types of humor editorial cartoonists use is irony. Irony is defined as when the opposite of what you expect to happen occurs. Describe the irony in this cartoon.
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Cartoon by Danny Shanahan
Answers
When a person visits a doctor, it is usually because they don’t feel well – often enough adults are so stressed they don’t feel well. So a doctor’s response would be to tell the patient “you need to relax more” – a doctor probably never tells an adult to relax less.
