IB English dramatic features

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Aside

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A brief speech in which a character turns from the person being addressed to speak directly to the audience; a dramatic device for letting the audience know what a character is really thinking or feeling opposed to what the character pretends to think or feel

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Soliloquy

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A speech in which a character, alone on stage, reveals their thoughts and feelings to the audience, providing insight into their innermost emotions and motivations.

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Allusion

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It is a reference to something famous, like a book,movie,person,or event, to make a point or comparison without fully explaining it

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Anagnorisis

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a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery

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catharsis

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Catharsis is the process of releasing strong or repressed emotions, leading to relief or purification, often experienced by an audience in response to art, literature, or drama.

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climax

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the turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story, represents the point of greatest tension in the work

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complication

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An intensification of the conflict in a story or play.

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Comic relief

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A humorous interlude in a serious literary work or drama, especially a tragedy, intended to relieve the dramatic tension or heighten the emotional impact by means of contrast.

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Dramatic irony

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When the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the character in the play.

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denouement

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Ending of a play