Theatrical Devices- Merchant of Venice

An Aside is...

• When a character addresses the audience directly for a moment to either express a feeling, or comment on the events of the story. 

  It is not intended for the other characters to hear.

• Using exaggerated, over- the-top language for dramatic effect and to convey powerful emotions

• When a character addresses other characters directly for a moment to either express a feeling, or comment on the events of the story. 

  It is intended for the other characters to hear.

• The incorrect use of a word in place of a word in which sounds similar but has a different meaning.

Hyperbole is when...

• When a character addresses the audience directly for a moment to either express a feeling, or comment on the events of the story. 

  It is not intended for the other characters to hear

• The incorrect use of a word in place of a word that sounds similar but has a different meaning.

• Using exaggerated, over- the-top language for dramatic effect and to convey powerful emotions

• When a character address the audience alone on stage, in an extended monologue to express their emotions.

Fill in the blank..

A Soliloquy is when a character address the audience _ on stage, in an extended monologue to express their emotions.

• loudly

• sadly

• briefly

• alone

What is this sentence an example of??

"The fire brigade came to distinguish the fire"

• Hyperbole

• Solilioquy

• Aside

• Malapropism

Define 'malapropism'

In 'The Merchant of Venice', why does Shakespeare use malapropisms with the character of Launcelot? Give two reasons.

Dramatic Irony is when...

• The reader or audience know something that the characters do not, resulting in tension.

• When a character addresses the audience directly for a moment to either reveal a feeling, or comment on the events of the story. 

  It is not intended for the other characters to hear.

• An incorrect word is used in place of a word that sounds similar but has a different meaning than what is intended.

• When a character gives a dramatic speech alone on stage to reveal a feeling or truth to the audience.

Describe a moment of dramatic irony in 'The Merchant of Venice'.