During a play, the audience learns from a dialogue between two characters that they planned a surprise birthday party for another character, Lucy, on her day off from work. In the next scene, Josiah, a coworker of Lucy’s, asks her to work his shift for him. She accepts. Lucy will now be working on the day of her surprise party!



Which literary term does the scenario above illustrate?

soliloquy
dramatic irony
monologue
aside