Senior Five Literature Paper Two Notes: Dramatic Techniques in Richard III

These are short teacher-made notes for Senior Five Literature Paper Two. They focus on dramatic techniques, using William Shakespeare's Richard III as the set text. The notes first explain what dramatic techniques are. They then list and briefly define many of them, including flashback, satire, asides, irony, soliloquy, contrast, juxtaposition, symbolism, imagery, suspense, dramatic reversal, humour, simile and metaphor. Some entries point to specific pages and lines in the play. The notes end with two tasks: one asks learners to discuss how well dramatic techniques are used in Richard III, and the other asks them to identify and discuss its themes.