During a play, the audience learns from a dialogue between two characters that they planned a surprise birthday party for anothe
r character, Lucy, on her day off from work. In the next scene, Josiah, a coworker of Lucy's, asks her to work his shift for him. She accepts. Lucy will now be working on the day of her surprise party! Which literary term does the scenario above illustrate? soliloquy dramatic irony monologue aside
The literary term which the scenario above illustrate is dramatic irony.
Explanation:
Dramatic irony is the ironical situation in which the audience is aware of the reality but the character is not. In the above situation, the audience watching the play already know about what is waiting for Lucy but Lucy is unaware of the fact. She is not aware that a surprise party is waiting for her.
Answer: give them a sceneario about a situation where you get to choose where they should talk badly, or approach calmly. If you don’t talk badly, you should tell her what you would do, and ask the same of them.
