Question

what is dramatic irony? a situation whose outcome is different from what would normally be expected the use of language that states the opposite of what is actually meant in a work of fiction or drama, a contrast between a characters expectations and the audiences or readers knowledge a literary technique that shows a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens, or between the way things seem to be in contrast to the way they really are

Explanation:

Dramatic irony occurs in literature when the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not, creating a contrast between what the characters expect and the reality known to the outside - observers.

Answer:

in a work of fiction or drama, a contrast between a character's expectations and the audience's or reader's knowledge