Sentences with phrase «dramatic device»

Then there are notes on various dramatic devices, structure and form, what needs to be in their devised piece and performance advice.

This engaging, in - depth lesson enables students to understand how Shakespeare uses a range of dramatic devices for effect within «Much Ado about Nothing.»

But this lie is a critical dramatic device in the movie, Mom Maggie Gyllenhaal's first major «aha» moment.

A detailed 19 slide PowerPoint lesson on dramatic devices employed by J.B. Priestley within «An Inspector Calls.

It may be an effective dramatic device, but the fear of distraction often trumps aesthetic experimentation.

Undeniably, the destruction is breathtaking, a landmark Hollywood achievement if a decidedly crude dramatic device.

Whereas most of Happy Together consists of Liu - fai and Ho - ping's dance of devotion and rejection, most of In the Mood for Love is given over to Mr. Chow and Mrs. Su's dance of longing and fear, interestingly refracted through an odd dramatic device: each one playacts the role of the other's spouse, in order to understand the affair, or possibly (intentionally?

Watteau's chief dramatic device, however, is light.

Includes a list of dramatic device...

He's grabbed for a few lines of poetry as a dramatic device, like holding up a sign that says «Profundity Ahead.»

Yes, the»90s of it all becomes a bit much at times, but by the time Pat hits a low point and heads to a disco night at a dive bar to dance with a stranger, it's clear Robespierre and co-writer Elisabeth Holm know what they're doing with nostalgia as a dramatic device.

The dramatic devices are too easy to spot, the resolution too pat and some of the scenes too hard to swallow.

It is a dramatic device that wears out its welcome early but doesn't go away.

At the same time, she can wield it as a dramatic device in itself.

The dramatic device of a story unfolding over a single night — with revelations of character and various crises coming to the fore in the wee hours — carries its own highly familiar baggage, with Long Day's Journey Into Night the pinnacle of the form and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Collaborating with eLearning developers over the last 10 years, I've studied how eLearning course narratives are - or are not - fully utilized as a dramatic device.

Harvey makes Ansley's confidence and maturity work as a dramatic device — every interaction between Ansley and Jack is weighed against Ansley's love for her daughters, lingering grief for her late husband and security in the life she's built for herself.