Assertion: sarcasm | /r/HasProperty | verbal
Facets:
value: strictly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Sarcasm is strictly verbal and can even be classified as a type of verbal irony.
text: Sarcasm can only be verbal and is constructed purposely as an attack with the intent to mock or hurt somebody whereas Irony is the use of language, an expression that has its usual meaning and is innocent, in a way that means just the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
text: Sarcasm has to be verbal (perhaps written, at a push); on the other hand, irony can be found in situations (for example).