Language ( quiz week of 9/16/2024) Flashcards
Dialogue:
The lines spoken by the characters ni a play.
Dramatic Irony:
Suspense intensifies
Verbal Irony
This occurs when a character uses words to convey a meaning that si the opposite of the literal meaning. In other words, verbal irony is essentially sarcasm.
Monologue
An extended speech by one character.
Soliloquy
A speech in which a character, alone on the stage, addresses himself or herself; ti allows the audience to learn the character’s thoughts and feelings.
Stage Directions
The words in a dramatic script that define an actor’s actions, movements, attitudes, etc.
Tragedy
a series of unfortunate events by which one or more of the literary characters in a story undergo several misfortunes,
PROSE AND POETRY
Spoken word/prose
This is “normal,” non-rhythmic speech.
Blank verse
which refers to unrhymed iambic pentameter. An iamb is a poetic foot that contains TWO syllables (unstressed/stressed).
Rhymed verse.
This is often found in a rhymed couplet (two lines with an A rhyme scheme). Shakespeare sometimes uses this to “wrap up” a scene ni a witty manner. Sometimes this occurs ni two lines of iambic pentameter (called a heroic couplet). As Cassius says in Act ,I scene i
Aristotelian
Rhetorical Appeals
Appeal to Ethos
This occurs
when the author tries to convince the audience of their
credibility, good reputation, intelligence, honesty, or respectability. As an
audience, we want to listen to CREDIBLE sources of information.
Appeal to Relevance
Appeal to Pathos
an appeal to the EMOTIONS of the audience.
Appeals to Pathos may attempt to evoke any emotion the author desires:
fear, happiness, nostalgia, etc. Appeals to emotion often contain strong
imagery and figurative language. They may often include references to family, children, and love (especially ni advertising!)
