Question

read the story.
anna asked her mother if she could drive the car to the store herself.
annas mom said, \sure, ten - year - olds drive themselves to the store all the time!\
what kind of irony is used in this story?
○ dramatic irony
○ situational irony
○ verbal irony
○ historical irony

Explanation:

Verbal irony occurs when a speaker says the opposite of what they actually mean. Anna is 10 years old, which is too young to legally drive, so her mother's statement that "ten-year-olds drive themselves to the store all the time" is clearly not true—she is using sarcasm, a form of verbal irony, to refuse Anna's request. Dramatic irony relies on the audience knowing more than characters, situational irony is a contrast between expected and actual outcomes, and historical irony relates to historical hindsight, none of which apply here.

Answer:

verbal irony