In The Onion’s Wealthy teen nearly experiences consequence the authors use sarcasm and verbal Irony to convey their distaste and to poke fun at the privileged lifestyles lived by the wealthy and elite. The authors use of sarcasm can be seen when police chief Marvin taylor delivers his statement to the press in which he stated; “ "Amazingly, Mr. Wentworth did not experience a single repercussion for consuming alcohol under age or operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, and is furthermore completely unaware that he did anything wrong," and also that “He is a very lucky boy”. Another instance in the story in which sarcasm is used is when district judge and close friend of the wentworth family donald lamb stated “Charles is very lucky to be