Read this six word novel by Steven Meretzky:
Leia: "Baby's yours."
Luke: "Bad news…"
What literary term drives the humor in this story?
a. alliteration
b. allusion
c. verbal irony
d. hyperbole
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The answer cannot be a, even though there is alliteration in the story. The alliteration is not humorous in this case. It cannot be c because nothing is said that means something else. d is just flat wrong.
In order to get this joke, you must know the story of Star Wars and that Luke and Leia were in love until they found out that they were siblings. The answer is B.
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