Use the sentence to answer the question.

“I’m amazing at this,” John said with a chuckle as he cleaned up the fallen remains of his toothpick sculpture.

What kind of irony is used in this sentence, if any?

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Responses

no irony
no irony

situational irony
situational irony

dramatic irony
dramatic irony

verbal irony

1 answer

The type of irony used in the sentence is situational irony. John claims to be "amazing" at creating toothpick sculptures, but the fact that he had to clean up "fallen remains" suggests that his sculpture has fallen apart, which contrasts with his statement of being amazing at it.