Drama POV and Structure Flashcards
character turns to speak to the audience directly about their thoughts
Aside
regional variety of a language distinguished by grammar, pronunciation, etc.
dialect
short, saying that expresses a basic truth or practical precept (an apple a day keeps the dr away)
proverb
play on words, in similar sense or sound
pun
character provides their thoughts to the audience without addressing the other characters
soliloquy
figure of speech saying less than one means or with less force than is needed (its raining a little (but youre in a hurricane))
understatement
story begins in the middle of the conflict through a flashback or conversations
in medias res
only telling the thoughts and feelings of one character in the story
limited omniscient pov
straight moving cause and effect chronological order
linear structure
telling the story of the characters without any of their internal/ private thoughts or emotions
objective point of view
events presented in random series jumping to and from the main plot with flashbacks or flashforwards
nonlinear structure
gives the private thoughts of a character without interpretation by the author
stream of consciousness
narrator who has lost creditability (normally first person) boy who cried wolf type sht?
unreliable narrator