"Time was a film run backward" is an example of what? * A. Simile
B. allusion
C. alliteration
D. metaphor

d is the correct answer I got it right on the test

dramatic irony occurs when the reader/audience knows more about a character's situation than the character does. the one main effect is that it gives the reader a sense of superiority, or detached superiority. the reader not only seemingly discovers what is revealed, but feels superior for doing so.

i'm thinking it would be when compound subjects are joined by or, nor,either-or, neither-nor.