Question

Read the story. Sam was home one night when the lights went out during a thunderstorm. He was looking in the kitchen closet for a flashlight to help him see, but it was hard to find the flashlight in the dark without using a flashlight! His circumstances struck Sam as pretty funny. This story contains what kind of irony? verbal irony dramatic irony situational irony historical irony.☺☻☺☻☺☻

Answer 1

Answer: C) Situational irony.

Explanation: an irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems contrary to what one expects and it often has an amusing result. A situational irony is when what happens is the contrary to what the characters or the audience are expecting to happen. In the given story we can see an example of a situational irony, because Sam needs his flashlight to see in the dark, but because it is dark he can't find the flashlight without a flashlight.

Answer 2

The type of irony that the given excerpt contains is Situational Irony

What is Situational Irony?

This refers to the type of irony in which a person or a situation has a very different outcome from what is expected.

Hence, we can see that based on the given story and narration, there is a breakdown of their adventures of Sam and how he was looking for a flashlight in the dark.

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