Dramatic Devices Flashcards
What language technique is also a dramatic method?
Metaphors, extended metaphors and motifs.
What dramatic method is the mistaken use of a word in replace of a similar sounding one?
A malapropism.
What dramatic method means that the playwrite is drawing attention to the form of the text?
Meta-theatre.
How is the delivery of a line a dramatic method?
The author’s intended delivery of a line can draw attention to certain words.
E.g Sir Toby : “Care is an enemy to life.” monosyllabic sentence with a three-syllable word. Draws attention to that word.
What dramatic method is the juxtaposition of reality with what is said?
Irony
What dramatic method allows the audience to be aware of information unknown by characters?
Dramatic Irony
What dramatic method allows for a character to speak directly to the audience and be unheard by others?
Asides
What dramatic method allows the writer to represent ideas and qualities through motifs, symbols, devices etc.
Symbolism