Create a Scene

Worksheet Description

This worksheet provides an exercise on writing dramatic irony, a technique where the audience knows more than the characters in a story. It outlines the definition of dramatic irony and then sets up a writing assignment where students must create a scene that uses this device. The worksheet asks students to delineate what is happening in the scene, what the reader knows, and what the character knows, thereby setting the stage for dramatic irony to occur. An illustration of someone writing at a desk reinforces the theme of creating written work.

The worksheet is intended to teach students how to craft scenes that incorporate dramatic irony. It guides them through the process of considering the different levels of knowledge between the reader and the characters within a narrative. This exercise encourages students to think critically about how information is presented in a story and how the disparity in knowledge can affect the reader’s experience. By completing this task, students learn to enhance the emotional and intellectual engagement of their writing through the use of dramatic irony.

In this writing assignment, you will create a scene that employs dramatic irony. Before beginning to write the scene, establish what is going on, and who knows what. Then, on a separate sheet of paper, write your scene.