CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following literary elements is most obvious in the story’s ending?
A
metaphor
B
irony
C
flashback
D
point of view
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dramatic irony is often the result of a story having shifting perspectives or a character being absent from a scene or chapter that reveals important information to the audience. The audience and the characters now expect different outcomes based on their different information.

Detailed explanation-2: -Resolution/Denouement – The conclusion of the story’s plot.

Detailed explanation-3: -As a literary device, irony implies a distance between what is said and what is meant. Based on the context, the reader is able to see the implied meaning in spite of the contradiction.

Detailed explanation-4: -Irony occurs when a moment of dialogue or plot contradicts the expectations of a character or audience. Irony happens when the opposite of what you’d expect actually occurs. Irony is a moment in which the opposite of what’s expected actually occurs, a contrast between “what seems to be” and “what is.”

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