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Literary devices
Inspector calls
Question | Answer |
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Dramatic irony | The audience know something the character doesn't. |
Cliffhanger. | The audience will have to wait |
sound effects | Noises to make the play more real or to signify something in the plot. |
Dramatic pause | Pause in conversation or action for added drama |
Repetition | The characters repeat themselves as people do to make the dialogue more real. |
Interruptions and gasps | Characters speak unexpectedly to stop them saying too much |
Fluency | The characters have long and short lines to reflect their personality or character. |
Stage directions | Priestly indicates the tone of a scene and how the scene should be played |
foreshadowing | The audience have a hint about what is going to happen |
Symbolism | characters or events reflect a particular symbol. Birling = capitalism |
Complex punctuation | hyphens indicating broken speech |
Different speech | imperative (commands) interrogative (questions) |