Literary and Dramatic Devices

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nd Dramatic
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Monologue: A speech by a single
character without another
character's response

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be
inf
ha
dra

Satire-The use of humour, irony,
exaggeration, or ridicule to
expose and criticize people's
stupidity or vices

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rologue-A part that comes at the
eginning of a drama, often giving
formation about events that
appened before the time when the
ama begins.

S
t

Catastrophe- An event
causing great and usually
sudden damage or suffering;
a disaster

Com
cha
fort
com
end

Soliloquy-An act of speaking one's
thoughts aloud when by oneself or

regardless of any hearers in a
play

medy- A type of drama in which the
aracters experience reversals of
tune, usually for the better. In
medy, things work out happily in the
d.

Comic relief- The use of a comic s
interrupt a succession of intensely
dramatic moments. The comedy of
offering comic relief typically para
tragic action that the scenes inter

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shadowing - it is a literary
nique that introduces an
rently irrelevant element which is
duced early in the story; its
ficance becomes clear later in
lay.

Flashback - An interruption of a p
chronology (timeline) to describe
present an incident that occurred
the main time-frame of the play's

Chorus-
tragedy
commen
participa
consists
on stage

play's
e or
d prior to
s action.

- A traditional chorus in Greek
is a group of characters who
nt on the action of a play without
ating in it. A modern chorus; it
s of a character/narrator coming
e and giving a prologue

Gesture- It is an expressive
movement of the body, or
something that is said or done
to show a feeling.

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Parody is an imitation of a
particular writer, artist or a genre
exaggerating it deliberately to
produce a comic effect.

Imagery- It means to use
Figurative language to represent
objects, actions and ideas in such a
way that it appeals to our physical
senses.

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Irony-A contrast(difference)
between what is said and what is
meant or between what happens
and what is expected to happen.

Drama
more t

Verba
means
says

Situati
is expe

atic Irony-The audience knows
than the characters in the drama

al Irony(Sarcasm)-the character
s opposite of what the characters

ional Irony-The opposite of what
ected happens

Act: An act is a part of a play
that uses elements such as the
rising action, climax

Pr
or
pla

Antagonist: The person who
actively opposes the major
character in a play, film, novel
etc.

e

rotagonist: The leading character
one of the major characters in a
ay, film, novel etc.

Aside: a remark or passage in a
play that is intended to be heard
by the audience but is supposed
to be unheard by the other
characters in the play.

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Catharsis: is an emotional
discharge through which one can
achieve a state of moral or
spiritual renewal or achieve a
state of liberation from anxiety
and stress.

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