Grade 8 ELA Practice Test: Point of View and Dramatic Irony
- Point of View and Irony
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
These 10 questions practice how differences in what characters and readers know create suspense and humor. Tip: for dramatic irony, ask "What do I know that the character does not?"
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Question 1
Dramatic irony occurs when
Correct answer: D
Dramatic irony depends on a gap between what the audience knows and what a character knows. Saying the opposite of what you mean is verbal irony, and an unexpected outcome is situational irony.
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Question 2
The audience watches Rosa's friends quietly hanging balloons in the school gym for her surprise party. In the next scene, Rosa sits on her front steps and tells her mom, "Nobody even remembered my birthday."
What type of irony does this scene create?
Correct answer: B
The audience knows about the party, but Rosa believes everyone forgot her. Rosa means what she says, so it is not verbal irony.
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Question 3
What effect does dramatic irony usually have on readers?
Correct answer: A
Because readers know more than the character, they anticipate the moment the character finds out, which builds suspense or humor. It does not confuse who the narrator is.
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Question 4
A story is told by a narrator who is not a character and who can reveal what every character thinks and feels. What is this point of view?
Correct answer: C
An all-knowing outside narrator is third-person omniscient. A third-person limited narrator reveals the thoughts of only one character.
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Question 5
Which sentence is written in third-person limited point of view?
Correct answer: D
The narrator uses she and shares only Nadia's thoughts. The sentence about the students and the teacher reveals several people's feelings, which is omniscient.
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Question 6
Which event is an example of situational irony?
Correct answer: A
A fire station burning down is the opposite of what anyone would expect. The thunderstorm comment is verbal irony, and the hidden thief is dramatic irony.
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Question 7
What is one limitation of a first-person narrator?
Correct answer: C
A first-person narrator can share only what he or she sees, knows and believes. Knowing every character's thoughts belongs to an omniscient narrator.
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Question 8
The audience watches Rosa's friends quietly hanging balloons in the school gym for her surprise party. In the next scene, Rosa sits on her front steps and tells her mom, "Nobody even remembered my birthday."
How does the audience's point of view differ from Rosa's?
Correct answer: B
The audience sees the friends preparing, while Rosa thinks no one remembered. That difference is the source of the dramatic irony.
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Question 9
Which example shows verbal irony?
Correct answer: D
Jake says the opposite of what he means, which is verbal irony. A lifeguard who cannot swim is situational irony.
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Question 10
Why might an author choose a first-person narrator for a mystery story?
Correct answer: B
A first-person narrator knows only what he or she discovers, so readers share the suspense of solving the case. Revealing every suspect's thoughts would give the mystery away.
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