ADVANCED DEVICES

Non sequitur - a statement wherein the conclusion does not logically follow its premise

Hyperbaton - reversal of typical sentence structure

Tautology - unnecessary repetition

Epistrophe - repetition of the final word in successive clauses

Homophones - words that sound the same but are spelled differently

Anaphora - Repetition at the beginning of a clause

Symploce - repetition at both the beginning and end of a clause

Assonance - Repetition of a vowel sound at the start of words

Anadiplosis - Repetition of the same word at the end of one clause and the start of the next

Epanalepsis - Repetition of the same words at the beginning and the end of a sentence

Diacope - Repetition of the same word with other words inbetween

Antanaclasis - Repetition of the same word, but with different meanings

Epizeuxis - Repetition of the same word immediately after

Polyptoton - repetition of words from the same root

Adjacency pairs - a unit of conversation where each speaker takes a turn

Anagnorisis - A moment of discovery or recognition, usually by the protagonist of a tragedy

Aphorism - short statements of insight and truth

Aposiopesis - the trailing off of speech, usually marked by an ellipsis

Catharsis - the process of cleansing purgation, by which the characters/audience feel a sense of emotional release due to what is happening within the play

Circumlocutory - play talking around the subject, without naming it directly

Eponymous - The character which gives its name to the title

Expressionism - Presents the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect

Hendiadys - expressing an idea using two words connected by an ‘and‘ (e.g. nice and warm)

Idiolect - an individual’s unique use of language

Incrementum - an arrangement of clauses/words to denote increasing size or power (e.g. good, better, best)

Interjection - an abrupt interruption or aside

Jocular - a joking, playful demeanour

Peripeteia -a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstance

Plastic Theatre - the use of props, sounds, light, and staging to convey abstract concepts

Realism - attempts to represent the subject matter truthfully, without artificiality

Sociolect - The particular dialect used by a certain social class/group

Syndetic list - listing using conjunctions to join items in the list

Asyndetic list - listing without using conjunctions to join items in the list

Synecdoche - the use of a par to represent the whole (e.g. a new set of wheels meaning a car)

Zoomorphism - when humans are given animalistic qualities

Anthropomorphism - when animals / non-humans are given human qualities

Anachronism - attributing an idea (or object) to a historical period in which it does not exist

Negation - use of words like not

Antonamasia -

Litotes - when you confirm something is true by saying the opposite is not the case (you’re not sorry)

Polysyndeton - repetition of the same conjunction

Tautology - when a sentence expresses the same sentiment twice

In media res - when a story throws you into the middle of a scene already occurring without any exposition

Metonym - when a word comes to serve as a synonym for another word, although they do not meant the same thing (typically a single word comes to embody an institution)

Antonamasia - the substitution of an epithet ore title for a proper name