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Dramatic Devices
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- 1Dramatic DevicesLiterature
- 2Stage Directionsan instruction written in the script that gives direction to the actors how to demonstrate an action or information about the scenery
- 3Character Conflictscharacters have motivations, desires, needs, or beliefs that place them in opposition with each other
- 4Nemesisthe inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall: long standing rivalry
- 5Paradoxself-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation
- 6Soliloquya character speaks to themselves, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience
- 7Pathetic Fallacythe reflection and demonstration of human feelings and responses in inanimate things
- 8Foreshadowingan advance hint of what is to come later in the story
- 9Imageryauthor's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work
- 10Asideswhen a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage
- 11Dramatic Ironyirony that is inherent in speeches or a situation and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play
- 12Allusionsa figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly
- 13Juxtapositionan act or instance of placing two elements close together or side by side, highlighting comparisons and contrasts
- 14SymbolismSymbols
- 15Cliffhangers/Climatic moments
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- IGCSE English Literature Flashcards on Dramatic Devices, created by joanna boroh on 18/02/2020.
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