Other useful phrases

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

Stage direction
Narration (Adds context)
Style of play e.g. tragedy
Speech (dialogue, monologue, choral speech, soliloquy, aside, direct address
Costume
Music / sound effects e.g. footsteps
Set, lighting, colour
Props

Question 2

Language

Answer 2

Imagery - semantic field
Symbolism
Repetition
What does language reveal about different characters’ personalities, education, social status?
Verb choice - dynamic (action e.g. laugh) or modal (expressing necessity /possibility, e.g. should, might)
Punctuation - hyphens, ellipsis etc.

Question 3

Structure

Answer 3

Narrative structure - plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, denouement)
Order of story telling - linear /non-linear - beginning, middle and end - process of revelation to audience
Flashbacks /flashforwards /foreshadowing
Dramatic irony
Repetition of imagery or props
Pace - dramatic tension
Punctuation - hyphens, ellipsis etc.
Entrances and exits of characters - creating /relieving tension
How scenes end and begin
Voices off stage
Action reported, not seen by audience
Themes - how develop
Characterisation - how develop