Dramatic Devices

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  1. 5. The measure pattern of rhythmic accents in poems.
  2. 6. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story.
  3. 7. a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero
  4. 11. Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Used by "noble" and "upper class" characters to show they have control of rationality.
  5. 12. the ordinary form of written language; used by "lower class", overemotional and/or mentally unstable characters in Shakespeare. Some characters deliberately simulate this eg. Iago, Hamlet
  6. 17. in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things
  7. 20. The means by which writers present and reveal character. Although techniques of characterization are complex, writers typically reveal characters through their speech, dress, manner, and actions.
  8. 21. A character or force against which another character struggles.
  9. 24. The use of a comic scene to interrupt a succession of intensely tragic dramatic moments. The comedy of scenes offering comic relief typically parallels the tragic action that the scenes interrupt. Lacking in Greek tragedy, but occurs regularly in Shakespeare's tragedies
  10. 25. effects an audience hears during a performance to communicate character, context, environment or mood
  11. 26. rapid alternating single lines spoken by two characters
  12. 30. irony when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
  13. 31. The first stage of a fictional or dramatic plot, in which necessary background information is provided.
  14. 32. a protagonist with a fatal flaw which eventually leads to his demise
  15. 35. a character who provides a contrast to another character
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  1. 1. irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
  2. 2. A form of language in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words. Examples include hyperbole, exaggeration, litotes or understatement, simile and metaphor
  3. 3. A quality of a play's action that stimulates the audience to feel pity for a character.
  4. 4. Remember to keep track of who is on stage and who is not: characters (re) entering into a difficult situation on stage can create extra tension.
  5. 8. Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, which are not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play.
  6. 9. use of space to convey character dynamics and relative status
  7. 10. A speech in a play that is meant to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on the stage. If there are no other characters present, the soliloquy represents the character thinking aloud. Hamlet's 'to be or not to be' speech is an example.
  8. 13. A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play, usually resolved by the end of the work. The conflict may occur within a character as well as between characters.
  9. 14. The items on the stage that the actors use. They give clues about the setting of the play.
  10. 15. The specific instructions a playwright includes concerning sets, characterization, delivery, etc.
  11. 16. Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story
  12. 18. A long speech made by one performer.
  13. 19. The conversation of characters in a literary work. In fiction, dialogue is typically enclosed within quotation marks. In plays, characters' speech is preceded by their names.
  14. 20. The purging of the feelings of pity and fear that, according to Aristotle, occur in the audience of tragic drama.
  15. 22. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction.
  16. 23. The time and place of a literary work that establish its context
  17. 27. attempts to take over the role of the speaker.
  18. 28. When and how rapidly events occur. Are they told out of sequence? Are there significant time jumps?
  19. 29. The spectacle a play presents in a performance, including the position of actors on stage, the scenic background, the props and costumes, and the lighting and sound effects.
  20. 33. for visibility and to create mood or special effects.
  21. 34. irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.