Question

"The professional basketball player was too short to reach the top shelf at the grocery store." This represents: (1 point)
Responses

Verbal irony
Verbal irony

Dramatic irony
Dramatic irony

Situational irony
Situational irony

Rhetorical questioning

1 answer

The correct response is: Situational irony.

This is because the situation is unexpected; a professional basketball player is typically associated with being tall, so it’s ironic that he would be too short to reach a top shelf.