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

verbal irony
verbal irony

situational irony
situational irony

no irony
no irony

dramatic irony

1 answer

This sentence contains verbal irony. John claims to be "amazing" at creating toothpick sculptures while he is actually cleaning up the fallen remains of his sculpture, suggesting that his claim is not true.