definitions

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antagonist

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a person who is opposed, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent

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asides

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a way from one’s thoughts or consideration

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analepsis

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“flashing back” to an earlier point in the story

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dialogue

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a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play or film

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dramatic irony

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when the audience know something the characters in the play do not

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monologue

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a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker, especially one dominating or monopolising a conversation

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narrative gap

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missing pieces of the story - a gap between what the narration allows the audience to know at a specific time and the actual story

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protagonist

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the leading character, hero or heroine of a drama or other literary work

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plastic theatre

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the use of props or staging to impress upon the audience more abstract ideas - the is often very blatant and unrealistic (used to evoke the internal world of a character)

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prolepsis

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“flashing forward” to a moment later in chronological order of events

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realism

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accurate depiction of everyday life in the setting and dialogue

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soliloquy

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an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to him/herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character’s innermost thoughts)

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stage directions

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an instruction in the text of a play indicating the movement, position or tone of an actor, or sound effects and lighting

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semantic field

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a lexical set of semantically related items

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structural irony

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irony that implies to the overall work, typically through a naive hero or unreliable narrator, whose view of the world differs widely from true circumstances recognised by the author or the readers

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syndetic listing

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a listing connected by a conjuction

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taciturn

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reserved or uncommunicative speech

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Climax

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Moment of heightened tension

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Declarative

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Statement

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Exposition

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Back story/past events

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Interrogative

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Question

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Kinesics

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Facial gestures/expressions

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Proxemics

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Positioning on stage/interaction

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Symbolism

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One thing that represents something (s) else

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Syntax

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How the dramatists craft the language to get a response

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Term of address

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Way you refer to someone

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Vocal choices

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Volume/pace/tone/pause/elongation

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Imperative

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An authoritative command

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noun

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a word used to identify any class of people, places, or things

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verb

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a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

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adverb

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a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb and often used to show degree, manner, place, or time (describes a verb)

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adjective

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a word naming an attribute of a noun

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assonance

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rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words

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alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

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sibilance

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the stressing of consonants using hissing sounds

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anagnorisis

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the point in a plot - especially a tragedy - at which the protagonist recognises their own or other's true identity or the true nature of their situation

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accommodation theory

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how we adapt our language to particular social situations

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catharsis

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the purging of emotions or relieving of emotional tensions

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denouement

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the final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved

Question 40

harmartia

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a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of the tragic hero/heroine

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hubris

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excessive pride or self confidence

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idiolect

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the speech habits particular to an individual formed by where they live, education, family, class ect

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malcontent

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dissatisfied and complaining or rebellious

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non sequitur

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a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow the pervious argument or statement

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pathos

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a quality that evokes pity or sadness

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peripeteia

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a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances

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sociolect

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the distinctive language of a particular social group

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equivocates

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use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth

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penitential

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feeling sorrow for one's sins

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tragedy

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A story in which the protagonist causes their own downfall