LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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When something happens that is the opposite of what you expect
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When the audience knows more than one of the characters
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When someone says something that is different than what they mean
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Verbal irony (i.e., using words in a non-literal way) Situational irony (i.e., a difference between the expected and actual outcomes of a situation or action) Dramatic irony (i.e., an audience knowing something the characters don’t)
Detailed explanation-2: -dramatic irony, a literary device by which the audience’s or reader’s understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dramatic irony: Also known as tragic irony, this type of irony occurs when the audience knows something that the main characters do not. For example, in William Shakespeare’s Othello (1603), Othello trusts Iago-but the audience knows better.
Detailed explanation-4: -The three most common kinds you’ll find in literature classrooms are verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony. Verbal irony occurs whenever a speaker or narrator tells us something that differs from what they mean, what they intend, or what the situation requires.
Detailed explanation-5: -Irony = When someone says or does something, but means another things or intends for something else to happen. Verbal irony = Someone says something but means the opposite. Dramatic irony = The audience is aware of something that the characters are not aware of.