Garrett was proud of his note-taking skills until he took a test on the Civil War in history class. He did very poorly even thou
gh he had written down everything the teacher said. Garrett chose not to summarize the information because he wanted to make sure he included all the facts.
<span>The problem with Garret's performance is directly linked to his note taking style. Because he did not summarize, he was unable to pick out the more valuable information from his teacher's lectures. As a result of his inability to sift through the large amount of information, he was unable to effectively answer the questions on his test in a concise manner.</span>
This is an instance of dramatic irony, taking into account that this figure of spech is when the implications of a situation, speech, etc, are understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.
