Question

which figure of speech is used in this text? when the coach asked whether we wanted to try out the new trampoline, we jumped at the chance. verbal irony pun submit

Explanation:

A pun is a play on words that uses a word's multiple meanings or similar - sounding words. In the sentence, “jumped at the chance” is a play on the idea of jumping on a trampoline (since they are going to try out a trampoline). Verbal irony is when the intended meaning is opposite to the literal meaning, which is not the case here. So the figure of speech is a pun.

Answer:

pun