Identify the type of irony in the scenario below.

little johnny buys and plants some tomato tomato seeds. every day he watches them, carefully watering them. a month passes and the plants grow. one day, a beautiful african violet blooms. "oh, my goodness! " says johnny. "where are the tomatoes? "

verbal irony
situational irony
dramatic irony

B) Situational irony.

Explanation: An irony is an expression that usually signify the opposite, it is used to give a humorous or emphatic effect. A situational irony is when what happens is contrary, or simply different to what the audience or the characters expect. In the given scenario, we can see a clear example of a situational irony, when little Johnny plants tomato seeds, him and the readers are expecting a tomato plant to grow, but instead an African Violet blooms.

i have identified the gerund in this sentence by writing it in all capitals.

gerund phrase: writing it in all capitals

gerund use: object of preposition