Critical Vocabulary

Prose, Poetry & Drama

 

  You should be familiar with the meaning of the terms listed below.


 

Prose

atmosphere     authorial voice     climax    chapter     characterisation     denouement     dialogue    

first person narrative     flashback     genre     interior dialogue     key incidents     language choice

narrative voice     narrative techniques     plot     setting     structure     symbolism     syntax

third person narrative     tone     turning point

 

Poetry

alliteration     alternate rhyme     assonance     ballad     connotation     contrast     denotation

dramatic monologue     figurative language     form     hyperbole     imagery     juxtapositioning

lyric     metaphor     mood     oxymoron     paradox     pararhyme     personification     rhyming couplet

rhyme scheme     stress: rhythm     sonnet     structure     syntax     tone

 

Drama

character     hero     heroine     villain     tragic hero     audience     actors     stage     entrance     exit

off-stage     minor/secondary character     plot     sub-plot     dramatic structure     theme(s)     action     pace

Tragedy     Comedy     setting     scene     Act     climax     atmosphere     dramatic tension     melodrama

catharsis     dramatic irony     symbolism     tone     dialogue     soliloquy (Shakespearean)     stage directions

lighting     costume     sound effects     music

 

 

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