Key terms and definitions for EOY Flashcards
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Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without any poetic, rhythm and rhyme
Prose
A conversation between two or more characters
Dialogue
Poetry, especially in metrical writing
Verse
Speech made by one character, it may be delivered alone, or in the presence of others
Monologue
Soliloquy
A monologue which reveals a characters, innermost thoughts and feelings
Genre
A French word, meaning, ‘category’ or ‘type’ e.g. comedy, tragedy, Gothic
Denouement
The conclusion of a narrative, in which the conflict is finally resolved
Dramatic irony
A situation where the development of the plot, allows the audience to know more about what is happening and some of the characters
Plot
The sequence of events in a narrative
Characterisation
how a writer constructs the character in order to convey their personality
Theme
The central idea/s , explored in a player of the literary work
Couplet
Pair of successive lines of verse typically, with corresponding rhyme or a meter
Protagonist
The main character or hero in a play or other literary work
Iambic pentameter
A line of writing that consists of 10 syllables in a specific pattern of an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable
Metre
Rhythmic pattern of a poetic line
Setting
When and where the action of a play takes place
Antagonist
The opponent or adversary of the hero or main character
Context
Any factors which eliminate our understanding of a text, such as the social, cultural, political historical literary environment in which the text is written and set
Parody
An imitation of a dramatic or literary work designed to ridicule the original
Blank verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
