1. Here are the three kinds of irony of which you should be aware!

2. 1. Dramatic Irony
contrasts what a character perceives and what the audience and one or more of the characters knows to be true
An example:
a student believes that a classmate has taken her calculator, but the audience knows it has been tidied away by an efficient maintenance worker

3. 2. Situational Irony
contrasts what actually happens with what was expected to happen
Two examples:
a late-arriving boyfriend is met with unexpected, forgiving laughter
a man goes over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives, only to take a cleanup shower where he slips on the soap and dies from trauma.

4. 3. Verbal Irony
contrasts what a character says with what that character actually intends it to mean
Sarcasm, hyperbole, understatements are all forms of verbal irony
An example:
a character who gives a compliment grudgingly is told “That’s big of you”

5. Two Classic Tricks To Know!
CREATING SUSPENSE
Two Classic Tricks To Know!

6. INTENSITY & FEAR
One type of suspense writers often create is the kind of suspense that increases the intensity of the story, often creating fear for the reader.
A writer will do this by telling the minute details: a constant knocking, a sound of a door bolt and a squeak of a chair, movements of the characters.
The writer doesn’t use all these details in every part of the story, but he/she does intentionally at times, because he/she wants to increase the suspense.

7. CHOICE
Another kind of suspense develops when a reader anticipates what a character is going to do.
This anticipation is built around a choice the character needs to make.
The writer often creates a choice for the character early in the plot and keeps us wondering how the character will decide. Which way will they go? How will they choose?

8. FOR COMPARISON…
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