Question 9 • Common Core ELA 11 - ELA3011 IC
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that one or more characters do not. The audience knows Mrs. Hale is hiding the dead bird in her coat pocket, while the men remain unaware of it. That makes A the example of dramatic irony; the other choices describe feelings or events without this difference in knowledge.
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