1. Irony and Ambiguity Pages 284-285

2. Surprises, Twists, and Mysteries 1.Fiction, really good fiction, reflects the _______________________________________ 2. The fiction writer must first convince the reader that the story being told is a _______________________________________ 3. “Tell it like it is” means___________________ 4. These include the __________and_________ and _______________that confound us in our daily rounds.

3. Irony: Not What We Expect 5. Irony is the word that describes the difference between what ___________________and what _______________________________________ 6. Our pleasure in irony comes from our recognition that it is true that life___________ ______________________________________

4. Three Kinds of Irony 7. Verbal irony- the simplest kind – is_________ _______________________________________ 8. Situational irony describes an event that is _ _______________________________________ 9. Dramatic irony often occurs in ___________, a fact that explains_______________________. 10. Dramatic irony is when we _____________ _______________________________________.

5. Ambiguity: Conflicting Interpretations 11. Ambiguity offers us ___________________ ___and leaves us________________________. 12. An ambiguous ending offers us a _______of ______________________________________. 13. The best stories are the ones that present life and people the way they are: ___________, _____________, ___________________.