Without having the passage, I cannot give you the answer, but I can help you find it. Situational Irony is when the exact opposite occurs that you think is going to happen. It is NOT spoken (verbal), and it is not where the audience knows something that the character does not (dramatic). For example, you are attending an event to save the dolphins, which is being held on the beach. As you are all passing out flyers and talking with people, a guy in a boat screams in close to shore hitting a dolphin and hurting it badly. That is situational irony.