WRITING OBSTACLE
Write a dialogue that includes an example of verbal irony.
Verbal irony is when someone says the opposite of what they mean, often with the intention of being humorous or sarcastic. For example, "Great, just what I needed, another headache."
going up
âYouâre _so _smart,â Tesapen remarked as Pielopen _somehow_ got them stuck in the seemingly impossible-to-get-jammed-in elevator yet again. âShut up! I just⊠need some time,â she promisedâ but it had already been five hours.
âHow much time do you reckon itâll take, Pieloloon?â
âEhhh⊠maybe about three hours, give or take.â
_Eight hours laterâŠ_
Tesapen began running around the broken yet large elevator. âWhat are you doing, Tesla? Feeling a little out of gas?â
âOh, cry me a river. Iâve enough of your jokesâ Iâm just getting some exercise in.â
âYou know my middle name is Ocean! Pielopen Ocean Peqila! P.O.P!â
âOh, so youâre going to float away with all the carbon dioxide you have inside of you? Oh waitâ I forgot youâre a glutton and all that food insideâll weigh you down.â
âIt wonât! Watch!â Pielopen jumped, and immediately fell back to the floor.
ââŠ_Very _floaty, Pieloloon.â
âI said shut up! I can exercise too! Watch!â Pielopen did one sit-up and felt like she would pass out.
âYou gonna do any more of those?â
âOh, I can take more,â Pielopen promised, âI can take a hundred of them!â
âThen do itââ âNO TESLA PLEASE DONT MAKE ME DO THAT AGAIN!!!â
_Three hours laterâŠ_
âThirtyâŠâ Pielopen announced, looking as if she was about to be ready to go to the emergency room. âGood job, Pieloloon. Let me see⊠Iâve ran about six miles, not bad for a three hour sessionâŠâ
âTesla, you can run for three HOURS?â
âDonât call me Tesla again or your new name is Popsicle stick. Anyway, yeah, itâs pretty energizing once you get into it. Wanna try?ââ
âOh nonononononoononononononononnoNO! I HATE EXERCISE!!!!!!!â
Tesapen sighed. This was the twin sister she was assigned to? They were identical twins, until one of them chose a healthier lifestyle, and one snacked on Lays and Coca Cola all day on the couchâ see if you can figure _that_ out, which one is which.
ââŠThirty-oneâŠâ
âPielopen, honestly, just stop trying, youâre gonna get sent above this earth before you even get to the 50âs,â Tesapen commented, snacking on a protein meat bar.
âI donât say no to a challenge! I havenât eaten in like over sixteen hours! If I can do these 100 sit ups while not eating, Iâll be skinny again!!â
ââŠPlease donât even try to think about that. Itâs hopeless for you now, if you think a few days of fasting will suddenly make you a Barbie model.â
ââŠThirty-twoâŠâ
âOh lordâŠâ
_Two hours laterâŠ_
âSixty! More than halfway there now!â Pielopen exclaimed.
âGreat! Iâm more than past halfway my running goal today, too. Iâve ran ten miles, and my goal is fifteen. Should we both pick this up a notch to finish faster?â
âIâm down for it!â
It seemed as if both of them were in a free gym rather than a stuck elevator.
_One hour laterâŠ_
âEighty! Only twenty more to go! And then I can eat something!â
âIâm at thirteen miles, letâs see if we can both achieve our goal in an hour!â
âEighty oneâŠâ
_One hour laterâŠ_
âA HUNDRED! HOLY SHIT TESAPEN I ACTUALLY DID IT!!!â
âWoahâ I got to eighteen miles! Thatâs a new record!ââ
_âGoing up,â_ said a robotic voice.
ââThe elevatorâs working!â Pielopen exclaimed.
âWeird, how it only started going up after our goals were reached.â
ââŠWait, werenât we supposed to be going down?â Pielopen touched the down button.
The elevator stopped.
âHoly shit Pieloloon you SOMEHOW MANAGED TO DO IT AGAIN YOU MOTHERââ
ââŠGuess itâs another few hours of exercise for both of usâŠâ