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  What is rhetoric? What are the three types of appeal? Ans: Rhetoric is the art of using language effectively to persuade, influence, or impress others. It involves the use of language to communicate ideas, opinions, or arguments in a way that is clear, convincing, and powerful. The term "rhetoric" comes from the Greek word "rhetorike," which means "the art of speaking." Rhetoric involves the use of various strategies and techniques to communicate effectively. These may include the use of rhetorical devices such as metaphors, similes, and hyperbole to create vivid imagery and make a point more memorable. It may also involve the use of logical appeals, emotional appeals, and ethical appeals to persuade an audience. Rhetoric has been studied for thousands of years and has been used in various fields such as politics, law, literature, and advertising. It is an important skill for anyone who wants to be an effective communicator or persuader, as it helps ...

Generally, drama is a work of literature written to be performed on a stage by actors in which they take the role of characters, perform the indicated action, and utter the written dialogue. According to Jacobs (2001), drama is the art of representing the pleasure of others, events that happened or that we imagine happening. Drama is associated with theatre. The primary ingredients of drama are plot, characters action, dialogue, setting and audience. These are briefly described below. Plot: Plot refers to the interconnected system of events. The events and actions constitute the plot of dramatic work. According to Abrams, the plot in a dramatic work is constituted by its events and actions, as there are rendered and ordered towards achieving particular artistic and emotional effects. The plot indicates what happens rather than what it means. It is usually structured with acts and sense, and the action and movement in a play beings from the initial entanglement, through rising...

Broadly, dramas are divided into three types: tragedy, comedy and tragicomedy. Nowadays, farce is also discussed as a kind of drama. Tragedy Cuddon (1991) defines tragedy as “a kind of protest, it is a cry of terror or complaint or rage or a anguish to and against whoever or what ever is responsible for this harsh rack’, for suffering, for death. Be it God, nature, fate, circumstances, chance or something nameless. It is a ‘cry’ about the tragic situation in which the tragic hero or heroine find themselves”. For Aristotle tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious and also a having magnitude, complete itself. Tragedy presents the heroic or moral struggle of an individual, culminating in his/her ultimate defeat. Tragedy is presented in the form of action, which will arouse pity and fear in the audience as it witnesses the action. Tragedy involves the audience in the action and creates tension and expectation. With the climax and final end, the audience will have lear...

Dramatic conventions stand for a set of rules shared by both the audience and actors. They are briefly explained below. Dialogue Dialogue is thought of the characters. It is the utterance of characters in any kind of narrative story or play.  Dialogue is core to drama , for it is the dialogue delivered by characters that moves the plot and action along, provides exposition, and defines the distinct characters. The dialogue spoken by a particular character reflects his/her socio-cultural background place of origin, temperament, attitudes to other characters, and so on. Monologue Monologue is an extended speech uttered by one speaker, either to other or as if alone. Some modern plays in which only one character speaks are known either as monodramas or as monologues. III. Soliloquy Soliloquy refers to a dramatic speech uttered by one character speaking aloud while alone in the stage. Basically, it is the speech by a character in a play delivered while the speaker is e...

Dramatic structure refers to the form of drama and the way the story is told, the way the characters play their parts, and/or the way the themes are explored. It involves the overall framework or method which the playwright employs to organize the dramatic material and/or action. The playwright establishes a pattern of complication, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. This is commonly known as cause to effect arrangement of incidents. i) Initial incidence/Exposition The initial incidence or exposition provides the background information for the play. It is a prerequisite for understanding the theme/story, such as the protagonist, the antagonist, the basic conflict, and the setting. In this sense Abrams (1993) clarifies, “The beginning initiates the main action in a way which makes us look forward to something more. The initial incidence of a play sheds lights on the events that have occurred prior to the beginning to the play. ii) Rising Action ...

Essay as a form of literature is highly personal by nature because the author expresses his personal ideas and opinions on some topic. There are not strict rule of writing essays. However, every essay has its introduction, body and end. Essays are divided into different types such as descriptive, narrative, argumentative, and expository essays. Narrative   essays  are also known as personal narratives. Narrative essays have the following characteristics: It tells about true or imagined events that the writer has experienced. It is written from the first person (I, we) point of view. It mentions the time, place and the people involved. It describes the events in order in which they happened. It indicates the writer’s feeling about the experience Descriptive Essay  is an important tool for all writers. It is equally effective in works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. By using well-chosen words, the writer can introduce readers to people places, and things t...