Richard III key terms Flashcards
What is a soliloquy?
Actor speaking their thoughts on stage alone
What does eponymous mean?
When a book or play is named after the main character
What is audience positioning?
Helping the audience to feel a certain way
What is an oxymoron?
Two opposite ideas placed together
What is an anaphora?
Repetition of words at the beginning of a sentence
What is physiognomy?
A persons physicality reflects their morals
What is duplicity?
Two faced
What is dramatic irony?
Audience knows something the characters don’t
What is iambic pentameter?
Verses written in 5 sets of 2 - a rhythm
What is a (emphatic) rhyming couplet?
2 words rhyming at the end of 2 sentences
What is stichomythia?
Rapid alternating exchange of lines
What is epistrophe?
Repetition at the end of a sentence
What does audacious mean?
Brave, outspoken
What are dramatic devices?
Enhances stage drama
What is a tripart adjectival structure?
3 adjectives in a sentence
How do you structure part a of the Richard exam 15 marker?
Intro - outlining the scene given
PEE 1
PEE 2
PEE 3
discussion of dramatic devices, language form and structure, using quotes, using terminology
What is an aside?
Speaking on stage when the other characters can’t hear e.g Margaret
What is catharsis?
Guilt, repentance and confession
What are base characters?
Lower class background characters that have strong morals and a conscience
What is nemisis?
Retribution (payback, revenge) e.g Margaret
What is a prophetess?
A woman who can tell the future
What is a chorus/ the choric role?
Tells the audience the story so far
