The situation that is the best example of dramatic irony is C. A talk-show audience is aware that a man's first love is hidden backstage as he confesses his wish to see her again.
Dramatic irony is a situation in which the audience knows something that the character ignores. So the words of the character that doesn’t know what is really happening (that his first love is hidden backstage), have a completely different meaning for the audience.
I believe the answer is true.
A. Predicate Nominative - noun or pronoun after a linking verb. It can stand in place of the noun.
Star can stand in place for Betty White
If I'm not mistaken, it was Carla Mason (not sure tho)