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

verbal irony
verbal irony

no irony
no irony

situational irony
situational irony

dramatic irony
dramatic irony
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The correct response is situational irony. This is because John claims to be "amazing" at creating toothpick sculptures, yet the context of him cleaning up the fallen remains suggests that he has failed at it, which creates a contrast between his confidence and the actual outcome.