Glossary - Key terms to know
Poetry -
Prose-
Drama-
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Metaphor -
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Hegemony -
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it has a beat (meter)
Everything poetry isn't, doesn't have a beat.
Acting
Way you chose to talk
Comparison
Thing that associate with something.
Order in which things are
Voice that we use. Which is unique to everyone
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Satire-
Context-
Black comedy - Burlesque
city comedy - comedy of humors comedy of manners - commedia Dell'Arte - Farce - Parody -
Romantic comedy - Pun -
Euphemism -
Malapropism -
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Exaggeration to show how foolish something is
Time and place that surround a text
a kind of dramatic comedy about upsetting or unpleasant subjects Through humor the playwright aims to shock and possibly offend the audience
mocks more somber literacy work
urban subject matter and satirical deception of the sexual and financial affairs of middle-class characters.
focuses on a characters or range of characters who each have a humor that dominates their personality.
explores codes of behavior in sections of upper and middle class society , values appearance over morals.
Italian term for 'professional comedy' popular between the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe, involved a group of actors who improvised a comic performance based around a standard plot and involving several stock characters
creates humor through a series of ludicrous events taking place in rapid succession. Atmosphere created is filled with panic, confusion and hilarity.
mockery of a particular literacy work or style through exaggerated imitation
focuses on the foolish mixes up between young lovers. Includes happy endings usually ending with a marriage.
play on words
nice way of saying something rude
unintentional misuse of a word by confusion. e.g I am not under the affluence of alchoal
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