10.

A writer makes a forceful contrast between expectations and reality, creating a surprise ending for readers. Which literary device is the author using?

A. paradox

B. hyperbole

C. symbolism

D. irony

When a writer makes a forceful contrast between expectations and reality, creating a surprise ending for readers, the literary device which the author use is:

D. irony

There are three types of irony and the situation stated above refers to situational irony wherein the expected ending varies from the actual ending.