Question

Which of the following scenarios would most likely be considered situational irony?

A. A photographer wants to be discovered, so he places one of his best photos on social media, and the picture goes viral.
B. John knew something fishy was going on but never realized it would be a surprise birthday party for him.
C. The dreary sky cast a depressing gloom over the wedding nuptials.
D. You purchase a watch for your mom's birthday, and then discover she just purchased the same watch for herself online.

Answer 1

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Renee was elated when they handed her the first-place spelling bee plaque, but she frowned when she discovered they'd misspelled a word on the plaque.

Answer 2

Answer:

D. You purchase a watch for your mom's birthday, and then discover she just purchased the same watch for herself online.

Explanation:

Situational irony occurs when the character did an action expecting a result, but the result that happens is different from what the character expected.  In this case, you did an action that was to buy a watch and wanted to give it to your mother since she did not have that watch, but something different happened; your mother had already bought an equal watch.