Which of the following scenarios would most likely be considered situational irony?
a. a photographer wants to be discovered, so he places one of his best photos on social media, and the picture goes viral.
b. john knew something fishy was going on but never realized it would be a surprise birthday party for him.
c. the dreary sky cast a depressing gloom over the wedding nuptials.
d. you purchase a watch for your mom's birthday, and then discover she just purchased the same watch for herself online.

ALT ANSWER FOR APEX

Renee was elated when they handed her the first-place spelling bee plaque, but she frowned when she discovered they'd misspelled a word on the plaque.

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.

the underlined phrase is an example of : understatment