Question

Little did the detective know, he was standing face-to-face with the very criminal he'd spent months hunting.
"Id 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)
verbal irony
dramatic irony
vivid description
figurative language

Answer 1

Dramatic irony.

The reader (and the criminal) know the detective is confronting the very person he's hunting, but the detective does not — that gap in knowledge creates dramatic irony.