GRADE 11 READING & LANGUAGE · CHAPTER 2
Reading, literature & text structure
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Literary analysis
Explain dramatic irony from unequal knowledge
Identify how readers knowing a crucial fact that a character lacks can create dramatic irony.
AN EXAMPLE FROM THIS CHAPTER
Stage directions show a key falling into Jo’s coat pocket. Unaware, Jo says, “I must have dropped it in the garden,” and runs outside.
Why does this scene create dramatic irony?
Show answer & explanation
The audience knows the key is in the coat while Jo wrongly thinks it is lost outside.
The audience can interpret Jo’s search using a fact Jo lacks, creating the knowledge gap.
Curriculum & source notes
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