Writer's Techniques (OCR A-Level English Literature): Quizzes
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What theatrical device does Richard use when speaking directly to the audience?
What theatrical device does Richard use when speaking directly to the audience?
Direct address
In the opening soliloquy, what pun does Richard use on 'sun of York'?
In the opening soliloquy, what pun does Richard use on 'sun of York'?
Sun (Edward's emblem) & son (Edward)
How does Richard justify murdering Anne's husband in the wooing scene?
How does Richard justify murdering Anne's husband in the wooing scene?
'Your beauty was the cause of that effect'
What technique involves repeating words at the start of successive phrases?
What technique involves repeating words at the start of successive phrases?
Anaphora
What animals do women compare Richard to throughout the play?
What animals do women compare Richard to throughout the play?
Tigers, toads, & serpents
What does blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) traditionally indicate?
What does blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) traditionally indicate?
High status & formal occasions
What is the effect of syntactic inversion like 'Him I hit' instead of 'I hit him'?
What is the effect of syntactic inversion like 'Him I hit' instead of 'I hit him'?
Makes speech unnatural & menacing
What does Clarence's dream of drowning in buckets foreshadow?
What does Clarence's dream of drowning in buckets foreshadow?
His murder drowned in a butt of wine
What function do female characters' curses serve in the play?
What function do female characters' curses serve in the play?
Moral counterpoint to Richard's rhetoric
How do the opening & closing soliloquies structurally frame the play?
How do the opening & closing soliloquies structurally frame the play?
Confident plotting to battlefield despair