Drama
What is a protagonist?
The main character who drives the story’s action, often the hero.
Name one Camera Angle
High angle, low angle, eye level, or bird’s-eye view.
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in prose.
What is salience?
Part of the image that stands out
The First World War ended in this year.
1918
What are stage directions used for?
Instructions in a script telling actors how to move, speak, or behave.
What does a low-angle shot suggest?
It makes the subject look powerful or important.
What’s a simile? Give an example.
A comparison using “like” or “as” (e.g. Her smile was like sunshine).
What’s the effect of framing?
Directs focus and shows relationships between characters or objects.
This country hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics.
What is a monologue?
A long speech by one character revealing thoughts or feelings.
How can lighting create mood?
Bright light = happy mood; dark shadows = fear or sadness.
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to non-human things (e.g. The wind whispered).
What message can composition show?
Placement of elements can suggest power, isolation, or importance.
Mount Everest lies on the border of these two countries.
Nepal and China
How can body language and voice be used together to show a character’s emotions on stage?
Actors use posture, gestures, facial expressions, and tone or volume to reveal how a character feel
What does mise-en-scène mean?
Everything visible in a shot – costume, setting, lighting, acting, props.
Explain rhyme and why it’s used.
Words with similar sounds; adds rhythm and memorability.
What is colour symbolism?
When colour represents an idea (e.g. red = anger, white = purity).
This symbol “#” is known as a hashtag, but its official name is this.
Octothorpe
Explain how tension builds in a play.
Through conflict, pacing, dialogue, and rising stakes leading to a climax.
Explain how sound and visuals work together.
Music, lighting, and camera shots combine to shape mood and emotion.
Analyse this: “Bent double, like old beggars…”
Simile shows exhaustion and suffering of soldiers in war (Dulce et Decorum Est)
What do vectors guide?
The viewer’s eyes around an image.
How do symbols build themes?
They repeat ideas across a text, helping audiences understand the deeper message.