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Which literary term best defines when the audience knows something that the

characters in a text do not?
O A. Conflict
OB. Dramatic irony
OC. Setting
OD. Oxymoron

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dramatic irony

this occurs when the audience or readers know more about a situation that the characters does
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Answer:

dramatic irony

Step-by-step explanation:

its a literary device by which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.

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