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Dramatic Conventions
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- 1ActionExposition, rising action, climax and denouement (falling away).
- 2CatharsisEmotional reaction of audience towards end of tragedy leaving sense of calm/cleansing.
- 3CharactersHave to persuade audience to look at story from their perspective as performance texts prevent audience from seeing their thoughts as they might in written texts; protagonist faces main opposition known as antagonist.
- 4CharacterisationShaped by behaviour, behaviour of others towards character, appearance, costuming, gesture, tone of voice and dialogue amongst other features.
- 5ComedyUses humour; can be verbal, physical or visual and usually has a happy ending.
- 6CostumeOften symbolic; represents character and conveys messages about position of character.
- 7DialogueSpeech by characters; furthers action/plot and reflects character giving ideas about themes.
- 8Dramatic IronyWhere audience knows in advance of character what has happened/will happen; used to engage audience in plot; may occur through use of soliloquy, or may be worked out through what is revealed to audience.
- 9EmpathyAbility of audience to understand and share feelings of character.
- 10LanguageConveys specific ideas about characters, their context and their place in a hierarchical class structure; can be poetic, formal, colloquial etc.
- 11MonologueOne character speaking; used to convey important information to audience or build perspective.
- 12Non-verbal elementsIncludes set, stage directions, actions, costume, lighting and music amongst other features.
- 13PathosMood/tone which evokes pity from audience.
- 14SettingWhere story is set (same as in narrative); builds context of story(time/place).
- 15Set DesignActual layout of stage.
- 16SoliloquyWhere character shares private thoughts with audience; gives insight into character's innermost thoughts.
- 17StagingStage directions and layout of stage; conveys information through set, movement, prop placement, character positioning etc; helps get from script to performance.
- 18ThemesCentral ideas in story; issues raised/challenged/implied/conveyed through settings/characters/events/relationships.
- 19TragedyEvents and character flaw lead to inevitable downfall of protagonist however dilemma previously faced is resolved.
- 20PropsStage properties.
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- Set of flashcards to help learn dramatic conventions commonly used in plays.
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- Lucy Cerys
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