Question

Which of the following is a characteristic of situational irony?

Answer 1

B. the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what was expected

Answer 2

Answer: The right answer is the B) The outcome of a situation is the opposite of what was expected.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that the term irony, which derives from the Latin ironīa and the Greek eirōneía, is an expression that leads somebody to believe the opposite, or something different, from what's being said, usually as a concealed mockery. Situational irony in a literary work occurs when the audience's expectations and the actual outcome do not match — they are very different or completely opposed. For instance, situational irony may occur if the reader was convinced that the tall, intelligent, and handsome protagonist was innocent, and was led to expect so by the author, and he or she was finally revealed that he was the actual killer.