Dramatic Irony

The type of irony in which a story's events violate reasonable expectations.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

The type of irony in which the reader is aware of a plot development, but the characters in the story are not.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

The type of irony that occurs when the intended meaning of a person's words differs from the literal meaning.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Name the literary device that means reader anxiety resulting from the author's withholding of plot details.

What is the effect of dramatic irony?