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Technique

Blank verse

Explanation
No rhyme but uses iambic pentameter

Prose

Ordinary speech with no pattern or


rhythm

Heightened
language
Direct language

Metaphors/similes/strong imagery

Echphonesis
Repetition

When a line has a single O


When a word/phrase/line is repeated

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds

Alliteration
Antithesis

When the first letter of multiple words


are repeated
Contrasting opposites

Oxymoron

A statement where two parts contradict

Irony

When there is a discrepancy between


what is being said and what is meant

Punctuation

Actors notation of when to breathe


The actor should breathe
When there is a full stop or
exclamation mark at the end of
the line
If they are in the middle of the
line it is not a breath but the
energy should change
When the actor breathes that indicates a
break and change in thought
A dash is used to indicate a
change in who is being spoken to

Speaking directly

Effect
When hamlet is passionate he speaks
in blank verse
It feels like normal human speech but
better
Gives insight to characters mental
state hamlets mental state
Shows a character is of a lower class
Used between good friends
Shows characters state of mind and is used
for Characterisation
Shows characters state of mind and is used
for Characterisation
A cry of passion
The meaning of the language becomes
clearer and the emotion evolves as the
emphasis increases
Indicates emotionality, attracts attentions,
emphasizes words or ideas
Indicates emotionality, attracts attention,
emphasizes words or ideas
Helps the audience understand the
problem a character is dealing with
Can be used to indicate reason or that
they have put a lot of thought into what
theyre saying
Emphasizes the meaning of what is being
said
Contrasts the apparent and intended
meanings
Engages the audience
Can be humorous
Can add dramatic effect
Draws attention to a point
The amount of pauses and thoughts effect
the pace of the dialogue

Shared
lines/stichomythi
a

A comma is used to indicate the


end of a thought and thinking
A colon/semicolon is used to
indicate the end of a thought but
not the end of the main idea
When a line of 10 syllables is split
between 2 characters

Short lines

Incomplete lines of blank verse

Monosyllables

Words/phrases/lines consisting of words


with only one syllable

Small word
Rhymes

And/yet/but/or/therefor
When the end of multiple lines rhyme

Double entendre

Lines with double meanings of the


sexual kind
When the writing feels fast or slow,
sometimes due to the punctuation used

Pace
Symbolism
Allegory
Pun

Pathos
Parallel plots
Classical
allusions/biblical
allusions
Pathetic fallacy
Characteristics of
a tragedy
Metaphors/simile

When a symbol is used that has a deeper


meaning
When an abstract concept is conveyed
using a concrete idea
Words that have more than one meaning

A quality that evokes sadness


When the plot is similar in 2 sections
When the dialogue alludes to a well
known thing such as the bible or ancient
Greece
the attribution of human feelings and
responses to inanimate things or animals
Hamartiafatal flaw
Tragic herohamlet
U kno what they r

Keeps high energy


Shows the characters relationships
o If the line is shared equally it shows
they have a good relationship but if it
is shared unevenly it shows a not so
good relationship
Can indicate time for thought or a physical
stage direction
Indicates to the actor that they should slow
down the thoughts because the thoughts or
ideas are very important (to be or not to be)
Indicates a change of thought
Allows the character to enjoy their own
cleverness
Can indicate the end of a speech
Amused and engaged the audience
When there is more going on it has the
feeling of being fast and intense, while if
there is less going on it feels opposite
Develops imagery
Presents messages related to themes
Develops imagery
Presents messages related to themes
Contrasts the apparent and intended
meanings
Engages the audience
Can be humorous
Can add dramatic effect
Draws attention to a point
Influences the audience
Draws connections between the two sections
Helps the audience understand the meanings
of the lines better
Makes a strong comparison
Hamlets fatal flaw is indecisiveness

Develops imagery

/imagery
tension
hyperbaton
Modality
Stage directions

When there is high or low tension and


how it gets to that point
Inversion of the normal order of words
Saying something in a very certain way
Can be implicit or explicit, direct the
actor

Couplet

Two lines that rhyme

hyperbole

Use of specific words or phrases that


exaggerate and overemphasize the basic
idea of the statement

ellipsis

Leaving out one or two words that would


clarify the meaning
Questions not needing answers?

Rhetorical
questions

Presents messages related to themes


Makes the piece engaging for the audience
Emphasizes the important parts
Influences the reader to accept it as fact
Shakespeare uses very few explicit stage
directions so when he uses them you know
its important
Has the feeling of being finished and
is used to finish a scene or act
Makes it grander and more noticeable
Conveys emotive language
Emphases point

Furthers the idea and emphasizes the point

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