Interflora

Which line reveals that the poem's speaker is sending an email?

• From Robert B. @mailexcite dot com

• Please find herewith as proof of my esteem

• To unwrap blooms and place in vase use Drag

• Petals won't wilt to husks not leaves to slime

To smell the flowers, what does the recipient need to do?

• Click on cellophane and press Control.

• Highlight the print and click on Encrypt Reverse.

• Use Drag.

• Press Delete.

According to the speaker, in what way are the on-line flowers better than real ones?

• They are fresh and virtual.

• They come with a message.

• They will last forever.

• They can be easily deleted.

A 14-line poem with a strictly defined structure and pattern of rhyme.

• sonnet

• meter

• limrick

• epic

When a character or the reader expects one things, but something very different happens or is true.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

When the reader knows something that a character does not know

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

When a character says one thing but means another

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

Lines 1 and 2 are important to —

• identify which program was used to create the virtual bouquet

• identify who sent and who received the virtual bouquet

The factual and lighthearted tone of the sonnet suggests that the poet wants the reader to understand —

• feelings of love are impossible to express

• flowers are the best way to send a message of love

• the digital age can take the romance out of love

Which idea does the sender express in lines 13–14?

• If these virtual flowers smell bad, do not accept them.
• If these virtual flowers look unrealistic, do not accept them.
• If these virtual flowers do not seem genuine, delete this email.
• If these virtual flowers do not survive, delete this email.