Question

1 in middle school, everything seems hard, and the pressures of life grow with each passing year. not only do we have to worry about our school work, but also there are other forms of pressure: waking up to the blare of a rude alarm, deciding what to wear, making it to class without being tardy, and navigating the social issues surrounding friendship. i am always grateful, therefore, when summer rolls around and i dont have to worry about anything but relaxing and having fun with my family. summer, however, usually speeds by like a train, and before i know it, my new backpack is standing at attention next to the door, awaiting another school year.
2 day one of eighth grade brought the usual stresses: masking certain that i had enough money for lunch, getting to the bus stop on time, and being bombarded with homework on the first night. i received my schedule and was pleased to find several friends in each of my classes. we compared notes on our vacations and listened to each of the teachers discuss expectations and due dates. what really got my attention, though, was a special program presented in social studies for just the eighth-grade students. this year, however, we were asked to consider and register for a career path to determine our courses for high school. i found myself wondering who had decided that at the age of 14, we had to make life choices. i was not sure which dream i would want to pursue. there were days when i considered being a musician, traveling the world playing my guitar for crowds of fans. other days, i thought of going to culinary school and becoming one of the great chefs of the world, owning my own restaurant where the menu features some of the finest food in the city. then there were those nights when i found myself walking from a sound slumber with the remnants of a delicious dream of becoming a professional snowboarder still vivid in my mind. how was i to know which one i would enjoy most as an adult? maybe i would find an answer as the year went on, but the news certainly compounded my beginning-of-the-year stress level.
3 as the first few weeks went by and the routine of school finally set in, i found myself looking forward each day to my physical science class. the teacher, mr. mathews, had an interesting method of presenting the material in ways that made it relevant to our lives. each unit of study included real-world activities. when we studied heat transfer and explored the differences in conduction, convection, and radiation, we baked cookies, which made the possibility of being a chef more enticing. i found myself daydreaming about delicious meals prepared for grateful and satisfied customers. when we studied sound waves, pitch, and frequency, i became convinced that i wanted to pursue my dream of being a musician. during class, i drifted into another daydream that included huge stadiums filled with screaming and dancing fans. however, it was when we studied gravity, momentum, acceleration, and inertia that my pause began to race. my mind took a trip to the sweetest daydream yet—the memory of racing down the mountain my family visited every year.
4 in this daydream, the rays from the heavens cast their spell upon the freshly fallen snow. the mountains look enchanting as the snow sparkles like stars in the night sky. the wind calls my name, and i quickly strap my binding and pull my jacket closer around me, trying to escape the crisp but frigid air. i grunt as i hoist myself onto the lift to carry me away to the top of the world. the sun begins to peek over the mountain, giving some relief from the howling wind. i reach the top, slide off onto the frozen snow, and hear it crunch under my feet as i slap the board down on the pristine surface. i quickly snap in my foot and prepare to duel the wind, the world, and my board. i anticipate the rush that is about to come, and i take off. i caress the surface of the mountain with every turn, and i race the wind as i pick up speed. i gain speed, and it is exhilarating yet frightening at times. i feel as if i am momentarily freely floating on top of the world. suddenly, chunks of ice thrust me into the air, and gravity is in momentary free fall. i land with a thud, but i get right back up with the swiftness of a cheetah. as i near the end of the slope, i hold my breath, desperate to keep the feeling of exhilaration alive inside of me for as long as possible. at that moment, i realize a simple truth—it is on the peaceful mountain that my soul and body are one.
5 mr. mathews suddenly and embarrassingly pulled me out of my daydream and back to class, back to reality.
how is dramatic irony used to create humor in the text \peace on the mountain\?
○a the narrator repeatedly changes his career choice based on mr. mathewss science lessons for humorous effect.
○b early in the story, the narrator mentions three careers. these careers are then connected through a humorous story to science lessons later in the story.
○c mr. mathews believes the student was paying attention, but the audience knows he was daydreaming about snowboarding and got away with it for humorous effect.
○d the first paragraph uses humor to discusses how the student was nervous to enter middle school, but most of the text is about daydreaming in 8th grade science.

Explanation:

The text "Peace on the Mountain" uses dramatic irony. Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not. In this case, the narrator repeatedly changes his career choice based on Mr. Mathews's science lessons for humorous effect. The first paragraph uses humor to discuss how the student was nervous to enter middle school, but most of the text is about daydreaming in 8th - grade science. The other options (B, C, D) do not accurately describe how dramatic irony is used to create humor. Option B is about career choices connected through a humorous story, but it doesn't highlight the irony aspect. Option C is about a humorous effect from daydreaming, but it doesn't focus on the irony. Option D is incorrect as the first paragraph's humor is not the main way humor is created (dramatic irony is more prominent).

Answer:

A. The narrator repeatedly changes his career choice based on Mr. Mathews's science lessons for humorous effect.