The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 1 Situational irony is when a character or the reader expects one thing, but something very different happens or is true. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that a character does not know. Which two are examples of irony in the story? A The narrator's attempts to hide the murder actually result in him giving himself up to the police. B The narrator chooses to commit the murder in the middle of the night, when the old man is asleep. C The more the narrator insists that he is not mad, the more readers can detect evidence of his madness. D The narrator admits that he liked, even loved, the old man, and that he only objected to his pale, filmy eye. E The neighbor hears the old man shriek and summons the police out of concern for his safety.

Read the excerpt from "object lesson, part 2." "no sign of the original envelope? " "no." "i found two boys with bills — in each case a single, too. david strager and joey buell. no envelope." louise's brows met. ellery glanced up at the clock. 9: 07. he strolled over to her. "don't show them you're worried. there's nothing to worry about. we have twenty-eight minutes." he raised his voice, smiling. which statement explains the inference ellery makes and why he makes it? he infers that miss carpenter thinks they are not going to find the thief because he sees her facial expression. he infers that it will take twenty-eight more minutes to find the missing money because that is all the time he has. he infers that the original envelope will not be found because neither david strager nor joey buell has it. he infers that david strager and joey buell took the money because they each have a dollar bill.