Drama terminology 0.0 / 5 ? English Language & LiteratureDrama terminologyA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Wanderess93Created on: 02-04-17 17:44 Antithesis The writer brings two opposing ideas together 1 of 21 Asides When a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors in the stage eg. 'You always end on a jade's trick' 2 of 21 Blank verse Capital letters. Formal eg. Claudio 3 of 21 Dialogue Speech between characters 4 of 21 Doubling Using two words with very similar meanings to pile on the effect eg. crazy and wild 5 of 21 Dramatic irony When the audience of the play knows something the characters don't eg. the gulling of Benedick 6 of 21 Entrances and exits Which characters are on stage in each scene? 7 of 21 Hendiadys The expression of something by two words connected with 'and' eg. nice and warm. Slows down the rhythm of thought. 8 of 21 Authorial intrusion The author speaks through a character, saying things the character would not know/say eg. when Toph breaks out of character 9 of 21 Hyperbole Exaggeration for effect 10 of 21 Iamb An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable 11 of 21 Iambic pentameter An unrhymed line of 10 syllables of unstressed and then a stressed syllable. Di dim di dum rhythm. 12 of 21 Irony Saying one thing and meaning the other, saying one thing and meaning the opposite eg. Beatrice's hatred of marriage 13 of 21 Metre A regular patterned occurrence of light and heavy stresses. 14 of 21 Soliloquy A speech spoken to the audience when the character is alone on stage eg. Benedick's soliloquy's 15 of 21 Prose Ordinary speech, informal eg. Benedick's speech 16 of 21 Prosodic features Stress, volume, intonation eg. Emma Thompson spoke 'You always end on a jade's trick) as an asides, Catherine Tate didn't. 17 of 21 Repetition Repeated words and images 18 of 21 Setting Where the play is set 19 of 21 Stage directions How the actors behave on stage. Very few in Shakespeare. 20 of 21 Trochee The reverse of an iamb. Stress on second syllable instead of first. 21 of 21
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