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?

(1 point)
Responses

situational irony
situational irony

no irony
no irony

verbal irony
verbal irony

dramatic irony

1 answer

The irony used in the sentence is verbal irony. John claims he is "amazing" at his toothpick sculpture while literally cleaning up the remains of it, which suggests the sculpture has failed or fallen apart.