Question

The correct answer is:

**dramatic; audience** ✅

**Explanation:**
**Dramatic irony** occurs when the **audience** knows important information that one or more **characters** do not. This creates tension or suspense because readers or viewers anticipate how the characters will react when they discover the truth.

Answer 1

Correct — dramatic; audience is right.

Dramatic irony happens when the audience (or reader) knows key information that one or more characters do not, creating tension or anticipation about how the characters will react. Example: in Romeo and Juliet the audience knows Juliet has taken a sleeping potion to appear dead, but Romeo does not — that gap of knowledge drives the tragic outcome.

(For contrast: situational irony involves an unexpected outcome, and verbal irony is saying the opposite of what one means.)