Question

a group of mean girls are talking behind a nice girls back. they are laughing and calling her names. all of a sudden, one of them stops laughing and points over their shoulders. the nice girl heard them all along and walked away crying. what type of irony is used within this passage? ____________

Explanation:

Dramatic irony occurs when the audience or reader knows something that the characters in a story do not. In this passage, the mean girls are unaware that the nice girl heard them all along. The readers know that the nice girl heard their comments (as stated: "The nice girl heard them all along"), but the mean girls do not (they are caught off - guard when one stops laughing and points, likely realizing the nice girl was there). This creates a situation where the audience has knowledge that the characters lack, which is the essence of dramatic irony.

Answer:

Dramatic irony