| A | B |
| verbal irony | as when someone says, "Good job!" but really means "What a terrible job!" |
| irony | the difference between what readers expect will happen and what actually happens |
| dramatic irony | the difference between what a character thinks is true and what an audience knows is true based on the information the character does not have |
| situatioal irony | the difference between what is expected and what really exists |
| Rorschach test | a test using inkblots to gather information about personality and intelligence |
| foreshadowing | the planting of clues to prepare readers for events that will happen later |
| tangible | able to be seen, touched, or felt |
| invariably | constantly; always |
| cowered | moved away in fear |
| obscure | to hide |
| stimulus | something that causes a response |