Question

4. Dwight is seated at his desk working diligently when Jim sneaks up behind him

silently. Jim, a great prankster is dressed as a bear. Dwight is known to practice
karate in case of bear attacks, and he takes bear attacks quite seriously, but Jim
does not know this. Everyone in the office sees Jim about to "scare" Dwight out
of his wits but says nothing.
+ what kind of irony is this? Situational, dramatic, or verbal?

Answer 1

Dramatic.
Irony is when the audience knows more than the character. Are the “office people” the same as an audience?

Situational irony
Irony is when the opposite of what is expected occurs. So, it does not matter that Jim doesn’t know that Dwight knows karate because he expects Dwight to get scared and Dwight will get scared.

Verbal
Puns, play on words or sarcasm.
I don’t see any

Perhaps the irony is that Dwight will not be scared or surprised because there is no chance of getting attacked by a bear inside an office.

Also, they are in an office and no one is working. That’s situational irony.