Question

excerpt from \some words with a mummy\ by edgar allan poe morally and physically - figuratively and literally - was the effect electric. in the first place, the corpse opened its eyes and winked very rapidly for several minutes, as does mr. barnes in the pantomime, in the second place, it sneezed, in the third, it sat upon end, in the fourth it shook its fist in doctor ponnonners face; in the fifth, turning to messieurs gliddon and buckingham, it addressed them, in very capital egyptian, thus: \i must say, gentlemen, that i am as much surprised as i am mortified, at your behavior. of doctor ponnonner nothing better was to be expected. he is a poor little fat fool who knows no better.\ which literary device is used in this passage? situational irony - when the opposite of what you expect actually happens simile - a comparison of two unlike things using \like\ or \as\ hyperbole - an extreme exaggeration used to make a point

Explanation:

The passage describes a mummy opening its eyes, winking, sneezing, sitting up, shaking its fist, and speaking—actions that are unexpected for a corpse. This aligns with situational irony, where the outcome (a mummy behaving like a living person) is the opposite of what is typically expected.

Answer:

situational irony - when the opposite of what you expect actually happens