Question

adapted from the new girl at st. chads
by angela brazil
sent from ireland to a boarding school in england, honor fitzgerald feels a bit out of place. ireland is her
home, and she now finds herself at the strict girls school, chessington college.
1 honor stood turning the hat round and round, with a very peculiar expression on her face. she
was a devoted daughter of erin¹. her countrys former glories and the possible brilliance of its
future as a separate kingdom could always provoke her wildest enthusiasm. now she was being
asked to don englands colors, which seemed to her little short of an insult to her dear emerald
isle. there were still five minutes left before she need start for class, so, making up her mind
suddenly, she rushed upstairs to her bedroom. she would show these saxons that she was a true
celt! they might compel her to wear their uniform, but it should be with an addition that would
proclaim her patriotic sentiments to the world.
2 hurriedly hunting in her top drawer, she produced a yard of vivid green ribbon and the bunch of
imitation shamrock² that old mary ogrady had given her as a parting present. then she set to
work on a piece of amateur millinery². there was little time to use needle and thread, but with
the aid of pins she managed to twist the ribbon into several loops, and to fasten the shamrock
conspicuously in front. she looked at the result of her labors with great approval.
3 \one could almost imagine it was st. patricks day,\ she said to herself. then, hastily pinning on
her hat before the mirror, she ran downstairs, humming under her breath:
\so well bid our time, our banner yet
and motto shall be seen,
and voices shout the chorus out,
the wearing o the green!\
4 the girls at chessington college were all dressed exactly alike, in a uniform costume of blue wool
skirts with blue or white cotton blouses for summer, and flannel ones for winter. on sundays,
they wore white wool coats and skirts, and for evenings white muslin or voiling. they were
allowed a little latitude in the way of embroideries with respect to best frocks, but their everyday
embroidery was required to be of the school pattern, with the addition of sailor hats and
bonnet cape, for use in running across the campus on wet or cold days. miss cavendish,
considering that the rule encouraged simplicity, also provided against any undue extravagance in
the matter of hats. she did not allow rings or bracelets to be worn, and the sole vanity permitted
to the girls was in the choosing of their hair ribbons.
5 punctually at twenty - five minutes past eight each morning the bell began to give warning, and
how does the author create dramatic irony in paragraph 4?
○ by allowing the reader to observe miss cavendishs interactions with honor
○ by allowing the reader to know miss cavendishs thoughts and actions
○ by allowing the reader to observe miss cavendishs concern for the welfares of the girls
○ by allowing the reader to anticipate miss cavendishs reaction to honor

Explanation:

Dramatic irony occurs when the reader knows more information than the characters in the text. Paragraph 4 establishes that Miss Cavendish strictly enforces the school's uniform rules, banning any "undue extravagance" in dress. The reader knows Honor has decorated her hat with green ribbon and a shamrock (a clear violation of these rules), but Miss Cavendish does not. This lets the reader anticipate Miss Cavendish's negative reaction to Honor's non-uniform accessory, which creates dramatic irony.

Answer:

by allowing the reader to anticipate Miss Cavendish's reaction to Honor