Question

What is the situational irony in this passage? A boy is late for school. As he rushes down the street, he notices a fence with a hole in it. He knows that on the other side of the fence there is a shortcut he can take. So he tries to crawl through the hole. Unfortunately, he gets stuck there, and it’s quite a while before anyone comes to his rescue. He ends up missing school for the day.

A.The boy takes a shortcut instead of following his usual routine.
B.The boy takes a shortcut to save time and ends up missing school completely.
C.The boy’s laziness in waking up late and taking shortcuts led to his downfall.
D.The boy would have reached class on time if he woke up earlier.

Answer 1

The correct answer as to what the situational irony in the passage above is B. the boy takes a shortcut to save time and ends up missing school completely.
A situational irony refers to when something completely opposite than expected happens. So, this boy wanted to use the shortcut in order to save time and get to school faster. However, he got stuck in the hole in the fence and was thus forced to miss school completely because of that ironic event.