Drama POV and Structure Flashcards

1
Q

character turns to speak to the audience directly about their thoughts

A

Aside

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2
Q

regional variety of a language distinguished by grammar, pronunciation, etc.

A

dialect

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3
Q

short, saying that expresses a basic truth or practical precept (an apple a day keeps the dr away)

A

proverb

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4
Q

play on words, in similar sense or sound

A

pun

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5
Q

character provides their thoughts to the audience without addressing the other characters

A

soliloquy

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6
Q

figure of speech saying less than one means or with less force than is needed (its raining a little (but youre in a hurricane))

A

understatement

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7
Q

story begins in the middle of the conflict through a flashback or conversations

A

in medias res

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8
Q

only telling the thoughts and feelings of one character in the story

A

limited omniscient pov

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9
Q

straight moving cause and effect chronological order

A

linear structure

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10
Q

telling the story of the characters without any of their internal/ private thoughts or emotions

A

objective point of view

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11
Q

events presented in random series jumping to and from the main plot with flashbacks or flashforwards

A

nonlinear structure

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12
Q

gives the private thoughts of a character without interpretation by the author

A

stream of consciousness

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13
Q

narrator who has lost creditability (normally first person) boy who cried wolf type sht?

A

unreliable narrator

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