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Unit 2: The Study of Drama and Poetry
Quick questions on Language, structure and form in drama - CCEA GCSE English Literature Unit 2
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How does each act end, on a cliffhanger, a revelation, a quiet shift?Show answer
What final image or line does the dramatist choose to close on, and why? Structural analysis often unlocks meaning: a cyclical structure can suggest nothing has changed; a climactic structure can drive home a moral. Naming a structural feature is not enough, explain what the architecture does to the audience's understanding.
What is q1?Show answer
Why analyse a play as drama rather than as a story? [2 marks]
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What is dramatic irony, and what does it do? [2 marks]
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Give one structural feature you could analyse in a play. [2 marks]
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