Use the sentence to answer the question.

Don was so excited to adopt his first kitten that he signed the papers and brought her home as fast as he could, only to discover that he was horribly allergic to cats.

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

(1 point)
Responses

situational irony
situational irony

verbal irony
verbal irony

no irony
no irony

dramatic irony

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
4 hours ago

The correct response is situational irony.

This is because Don was excited to adopt a kitten, but the unexpected outcome was that he was allergic to cats, which created a contradiction between his expectation and the reality.