The writer uses dramatic irony to create an effect. The detective is unaware that the person he is speaking to is the very criminal he has been hunting, which creates tension and adds depth to the scene as the reader knows something that the detective does not.
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?”
Question
Use the story excerpt to answer the question.
What narrative technique does the writer use to create an effect?
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Responses
figurative language
figurative language
vivid description
vivid description
verbal irony
verbal irony
dramatic irony
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