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18 Cards in this Set
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Define extrapolate
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take something you know and apply it to something else
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6 elements of a play
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1.plot
2.character 3.thought 4.language 5.music 6.spectacle |
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Elements of Causal Plot
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conflict
point of attack exposition inciting incident rising action climax falling action polar conditions |
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Point of Attack differences
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early--EPISODIC (2 different tech. next to each other)shows large chunk of time, little exposition
late--CLIMACTIC short period of time, lots of exposition |
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3 types of situational structure and descrip.
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Deepening revelation-Noh: reveal a truth (philosophical)
Mood-sanskrit:evoke rasa--mood Condition- show absurdity of human condition |
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Poststructuralism
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ANYTHING GOES- no one way to do things
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Metatheatre
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piece of theatre that acknowledges it is theatre
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Levels of Characterization
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Biological
Physical Social Psychological&Emotional Ethical |
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Grouping of levels of characterization
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external-biological, physical, social
internal-psy.&emotional, ethical |
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Means of creating thought
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1.textual imagery(ex.cold, wearing coats)
2.expressive language 3.visual images(ex. birdcage) 4.direct expression by char. 5.plot (ex. men leave while women discover important things) 6.allusion-refer to something else to add cultural understanding) |
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Types of Language
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1.prose-just talking (vernacular
2.verse-rythmic meter, stress pattern,maybe rhyming (elevated) 3.monologue-char. talks to another char. w/o interaction 4.soliloquy-char. talks to crowd alone 5.aside-char. talks to aud. to clue them in |
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Types of Figurative Language
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1.metaphor-ex.my love's eyes are stars
2.simile-mylove's eyes are LIKE stars 3.hyperbole-exaggeration for effect |
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Contributions to Char. of Language
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1.social class
2.region 3.intelligence 4.emotional state |
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What Language Can Establish
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1.mood
2.environment of char. 3.quality of world |
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Effects of Music
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1.increase emotional identification
2.express heightened emotion 3.interrupt emotional devel. 4.present ideas(esp.if lyrics) 5.create atmosphere 6.suggest info |
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Spectacle (and examples)
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visual elements
ex. scenery, props, lighting,costumes, movement, masks |
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Dramatic Genres
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Tragedy
classical modern Drama heroic domestic Melodrama |
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Tragedy
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-pessimistic view
-irratrievability -unusually serious circumstances -tragic hero/heroine -ends unhappily -magnitude |
