Question
Little did the detective know, he was standing face-to-face with the very criminal he’d spent months hunting.
“I’d just like a few minutes of your time,” the detective said. He offered a friendly smile to the barista, already thinking about his next stop. He just needed this one question answered before he could be sure his hunch was correct.
“Sure thing,” the coffee bandit agreed. “Why don’t we step into the back room so we can speak privately?”
Use the story excerpt to answer the question.
What narrative technique does the writer use to create an effect?
(1 point)
Responses
vivid description
vivid description
dramatic irony
dramatic irony
figurative language
figurative language
verbal irony
“I’d just like a few minutes of your time,” the detective said. He offered a friendly smile to the barista, already thinking about his next stop. He just needed this one question answered before he could be sure his hunch was correct.
“Sure thing,” the coffee bandit agreed. “Why don’t we step into the back room so we can speak privately?”
Use the story excerpt to answer the question.
What narrative technique does the writer use to create an effect?
(1 point)
Responses
vivid description
vivid description
dramatic irony
dramatic irony
figurative language
figurative language
verbal irony
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The narrative technique the writer uses to create an effect is **dramatic irony**. The detective is unaware that the person he is speaking to is the very criminal he has been hunting, which creates a tension for the reader who knows the truth.