Dramatic Irony

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

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

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

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the effect of dramatic irony?

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CCSS.L.8.5A