dramatic tehcniques Flashcards

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staging

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the act, process, or manner of presenting a play on the stage

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setting

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the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place

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characterization

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the creation or construction of a fictional character.

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aside

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a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

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monologues

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a speech presented by a single character

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soliloquy

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act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

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dramatic irony

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when the audience knows something that the characters don’t

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juxtaposition

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the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

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costume

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informs the audience about a character, their social position, personality, and contributes to the creation of the world of a play

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sound1

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convey a specified impression when heard.

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symbol

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a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

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motifs

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a literary technique that consists of a repeated element that has symbolic significance to a literary work

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imagery

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visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

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humour

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the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.

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contrast

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the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.

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special effects

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an illusion created for films and television by props, camerawork, computer graphics, etc.

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foreshadow

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be a warning or indication of (a future event).

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stichomythia

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dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse, used as a stylistic device in ancient Greek drama.

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sonnet

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ourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization

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iambic pentameter

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a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.