CREATIVE WRITING

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a technique that shapes narrative to produce an effect on the reader. It is a literary or linguistic technique that produces a specific effect, esp. a figure of speech, narrative style, or plot mechanism.

literary device

It is an object, character or aconcept introduced into the story by the author to introduce its plot.

plot device

It refers to unexpected turn of the story that gives a new view on the entire topic.

plot twist

It is a technique used to focus the reader's, but not the characters' attention on an object,

flashing arrow

It distracts the reader's attention from the plot It is used to maintain tension and uncertainty.

red herring

It is a device that the villain uses to try to kill the protagonist and satisfy his own sadistic desires.

death trap

It is a technique where the story begins at the end and works back toward the beginning.

reverse chronology

The narrative starts in the middle of the story instead of from its beginning.

in medias res

Characters share with the reader visions of the past or the future to explain a character's motives. There are different types of visions in prose.

vision

It refers to series of dreams which allows the character to see events that occur or have occurredin another time.

dream sequence

It prevents events from before the current time frame. Flashbacks are usually presented as characters' memories and are used to explain their background.

analepsis

It presents events that will occur in the future.

prolepsis

It is often used in science fiction to underline their futuristic structures.

prophecy

It is a premonition, much like a flash-forward, but only hints at the future

foreshadowing

it refers to story endings

ending

It is an abrupt ending that leaves the plot incomplete

cliff hanger

It is is an unexpected finale that gives an entirely new vision on the entire plot.

twist ending

It is a plot dating back to ancient Greek theater, where the conflict is resolve through a means (god, or dues) that seem unrelated to the story. This allows the author to end the story as desired without following the logic and continuity of the story.

Deus Ex Machina

The portrayal of fictional and non-fictional events in theater, film,radio or television.

drama

- The Greek muse of Tragedy, the other mask of drama.

melphomene

The Greek muse of Comedy, depicted as one the two mask of drama.

thalia

The most basic common element of drama used to stir emotions of the audience.

dramatic tension

The humurous genre of drama intended to keep the audience laughing on the way to play's happy ending.

comedy

The portrayal of darker subjects like death,disaster,betrayal, and human suffering.

tragedy

- An "over the top" form of purposely over-acted and exaggerated comedy.

farce

- The depiction of simple classic characters like heroes and villains dealing with sensational, romantic, and often perilous situations.

melodrama

The artful combination of dialogue, music and dance to tell the grand stories of tragedy or comedy.

opera

Historical or non fictional events portrayed in a dramatic tension

docudrama

This refers to the words written by the playwright and spoken by the characters in the play.

dialog

two or more people talking

dialogue

one person talking

monologue

one person speaking their thoughts out loud for the audience

soliloquy

simply an introductory part that provides the background information needed to properly understand the story.

exposition

the event that sets the action of the play in motion. It is what gets the story going

conflict

series of events, including complications and discoveries, which follow the inciting incident and create the dramatic climax of a plot.

rising action

is the turning point, or the peak, of a plot which holds an utmost emotional intensity of the play.

climax

series of events following the climax that leads to the solution of the conflicts.

falling action

serves as the conclusion of the plot in which the conflicts are unraveled. It is the ending scene of the drama.

denouement

the message that is intended to be expressed through the story.

theme

the place, together with other conditions, such as time and the environment, involved in which the events occur.

setting

referring to the basic storyline of the play, is the structure of a play which tells what happens as the story goes.

plot or dramatic structure

techniques and methods used by the playwright and director to create desired stylistic effect

conventions

the type of play.

genre

group of people who watch the play.

audience

The theatrical equipment, such as curtains, flats, backdrops, or platforms, used in a dramatic production to communicate environment

scenery/set

Clothing and accessories worn by actors to portray character and period.

costumes

Short for properties; any article, except costume or scenery, used as part of a dramatic production; any moveable object that appears on stage during a performance.

props

The placement, intensity, and color of lights to help communicate environment, mood, or feeling

lights

The effects an audience hears during performance to communicate character, context, or environment.

sound

Use of face, body, and voice to portray character

acting

The reason or reasons for a character's behavior

character motivation

the process used in evaluating how the elements in drama/play are used to create impact to the audience

character analysis

poststructuralist, developed the term intertextuality, in the 1960's. Since then, this has been widely accepted by postmodern literary critics and theoreticians.

julia kristeva

This is when an author or poet deliberately references another text in their work. The author intends to make the external references and intends the reader to understand something about the work that they are reading as a result.

obligatory

a milder kind of interrelatedness. In this case, an author or poet may allude to another text to create another nonessential layer of meaning.

optional

This third type of intertextuality happens when areader makes a connection that the authoror poet did not intend to make. This can happen when a reader has knowledge of texts that perhaps the author does not, or even when a reader creates links to a certain culture or to their personal experience.

accidental

It happens when the author is borrowing an idea or phrase from someone else. It is about giving credit to the original author.

citation

- it's when one text makes a deliberate, but subtle, reference to another.

allusion

is an imitation of another text for satirical purpose; usually to mock.

parody

A play that has only one act in it as opposed to the popular format involving three or more acts. - It is typically run between 15 minutes to an hour.

one act play

Occurs when the reader knows a secret, but the characters in a play or work of fiction do not.

dramatic irony

Is applied to justice, which comes about when an evil act brings about its own punishment and poetic justice prevails.

nemesis

Is a device used to attract the reader's attention.

paradox

- Is a device used by poets and writers whereby nature mirrors the political condition of society.

pathetic fallacy

is a situation that elicits pity from the audience.

pathos

A speech made by an actor DIRECTLY TO THE AUDIENCE, but seemingly to himself or herself. It is always a true reflection of the character's thoughts.

aside

Is an ancient Greek theatre term meaning the error, frailty, mistaken judgment or misstep through which the fortunes of the hero of a tragedy are reversed. Hamartia must express itself through a definite action, or, failure to perform a definite action.

hamartia

a waste of people and a waste of unrealized potential. Unrealized potential is the difference between a successful versus an unsuccessful quest.

tragic hero

A type of drama of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering.

tragedy

Using images to describe or compare something, so that the reader forms a picture in his or her mind.

imagery

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