Lamb To The Slaughter by Roald Dahl

Car salesman

Policeman

Butcher

Doctor

personification

oxymoron

metaphor

hyperbole

That he lost his job

That he was leaving her and wants a divorce

That he got a raise at work

That he wants pizza for dinner

verbal irony

situational irony

dramatic irony

She needed vegetables for dinner

She wanted to get something delicious for dessert

She wanted to get advice from her friend Sam

She was getting an alibi for her husband's murder

verbal irony

situational irony

dramatic irony

The reader knows that the police detectives are eating the murder weapon, but they don't have a clue.

You would never expect a pregnant woman to kill her husband.

The reader knows that a stranger killed Patrick while Mary was at the store, but she does not know this