Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dramatic structure

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: dra-mat-ic struc-ture
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sequence that a five-act play follows, including exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and denouement or catastrophe.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

dramatic structures (plural)

Phrases

emotional build emotional pivot positive transition sustained emotion

Frequently Paired Words

advertising emotional build emotional pivot positive transition sustained emotion

Questions

What does dramatic structure mean?: The sequence that a five-act play follows, including exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and denouement or catastrophe.

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