dramatic irony

Since we know what happened next, the dramatic irony is spine-tingling.

A clue may be offered by dramatic irony, in which the audience knows what the speaker is unaware of.

This story might have been rich with dramatic irony, but it fails for several reasons.

It is a textbook for the study of dramatic irony in all its forms.

It is this dramatic irony that drives the play.

The way to remember the name is that dramatic irony adds to the drama of the story.

Because we know what really happened at the beginning, most of the play uses dramatic irony.

That's the evening's main dramatic irony and it's not a huge one, granted.

The audience, of course, know (this is called: dramatic irony).

The series uses dramatic irony in its telling, the two main protagonists being based on historical figures.