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dramatic structures

dramatic structures is the plural of dramatic structure.

Meaning of dramatic structure

Noun

dramatic structure (countable and uncountable, plural dramatic structures)

  1. The sequence that a five-act play follows, including exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and denouement or catastrophe.
  2. One of four formats used in commercials that are designed to affect the audience emotionally, not just rationally: emotional pivot, positive transition, emotional build, and sustained emotion.
    • The laptop ad that first showed an IT team with a problem and then showed FooCorp as the solution used emotional pivot as its dramatic structure.

Questions about dramatic structures

What is dramatic structures the plural of?
Dramatic structures is the plural of dramatic structure.

Words near dramatic structures in the dictionary

  1. dramatic license
  2. Dramatic Prakrit
  3. dramatic present
  4. dramatic soprano
  5. dramatic structure
  6. dramatic structures
  7. dramatic unity
  8. dramatical
  9. dramatically
  10. dramaticism
  11. dramaticisms

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