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A Level: English language and literature technique = Dramatic terms
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- 1Alliteration> Repeating the same first letter, sound or group of sounds in a series of words.
- 2Assonance> The repetition of vowel sounds to create a rhyme within phrases/sentences.
- 3Consonance> The repetition of consonant sounds within a phrase/sentence.
> These are mainly the end sounds of a phrase/sentence.
E.g. Sword - Lord
Bat - Cat - 4Onomatopoeia> Describes/imitation a natural sound or the sound made by an object/action.
E.g. snap, boom, smack. - 5Phonology> The way words sound.
- 6Syllables> The use of splitting up words into speech sounds.
- 7Simile> The use of the words 'as' or 'like' to suggest two things are alike.
E.g. busy as a bee. - 8Metaphor> A figure of speech that says that one thing is another different thing.
- 9Personification> Where animals or objects are given human characteristics.
- 10Symbolism> Something that is used to represent something else.
> An object that represents a concept. - 11Parallelism> Words or phrases that express a similar idea or an equal importance.
- 12Empathy> Understanding and sharing the emotions another feels.
- 13Pathetic fallacy> Using human emotions for inanimate objects or the weather.
- 14Irony> The use of words, characters or plot developments to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its actual/literal meaning.
- 15Figurative language> Simile
> Metaphors
> Personification
> Alliteration
> Onomatopoeia
> Hyperbole
> Idioms
>Cliches - 16Monologue> A speech delivered by one person that the other characters can hear.
- 17Dramatic tension> Tension/suspence created through characters, settings, plot developments ect.
> It grips the audience and is, normally, used as the climax of the story. - 18Dramatic irony> This is where the audience knows more than the characters.
- 19Antagonist> The character that opposes the protagonist.
E.g. normally seen as the baddie. - 20Tragedy> Where the main character is exposed to sorrow or ruin.
> Where the plot doesn't work out the way the character wants it to go. - 21Epiphany> A sudden realisation.
- 22Register> The formality of the text.
- 23Retrospective narrative> The story being told is not happening at the same time the narrator is telling it.
- 24Repeated motif> Something significant that is repeated - like an idea, subject ect.
> It is often symbolic. - 25Verbal irony> Sarcasm.
- 26Tone> The author's attitudes towards a subject.
- 27Imagery> The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in a way that creates a vivid picture in the reader's mind.
- 28Protagonist> The main character - the hero/heroine.
- 29Exposition> The beginning of the story; it introduces the settings, plot, characters ect.
- 30Proxemics> The characters' physical position on stage.
> The distance between characters. - 31Juxtaposition> The use of putting characters, ideas, themes, phrases, words or settings side by side to either compare, contrast, use for suspense or as a rhetorical effect.
- 32Situational irony> A situation where actions have the opposite effect from what is expected/intended.
- 33Pathos> A great feeling of sadness felt by the audience.
- 34Plot> The overall/main story that consists of the main themes, characters ect.
- 35Sub-plot> Has the same characteristics as the main plot, but it isn't central.
- 36Extended metaphor> A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout the story in speech or setting, ect.
- 37Soliloquy> A long speech that is spoken to the audience; not any other characters.
- 38Complication> The catalyst/event that makes the story tense or adds tension to the once peaceful plot.
- 39Denouement> The unraveling of the climax/story plot.
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