Arts Entertainment and Critical Reviews
Open a theme, then select a word or phrase for its meaning, example and pronunciation.
1. Creative choices (20 entries)
- develop a theme
- establish a mood
- choose a perspective
- adaptation
- fragment
- genre
- matching
- soundtrack
- casting
- narrative voice
- ribbon
- episode
- third-person narration
- narrative structure
- first-person narration
- recurring image
- draw the reader in
- filter events
- verse
- tempo
2. Performance and execution (20 entries)
- production quality
- timing
- convey emotion
- editing
- rehearsal
- sustain interest
- control the pace
- sound design
- technical skill
- stage presence
- lighting
- bring a character to life
- finish
- medium
- refine a surface
- modelling
- set list
- carving
- play by ear
- canvas
3. Audience experience (20 entries)
- hold someone's attention
- create anticipation
- invite reflection
- leave an impression
- provoke discussion
- entertaining
- audience expectation
- headline act
- amused
- viewer expectation
- encore
- choir
- double meaning
- stage fright
- cast
- hilarious
- quicken the pace
- accompaniment
- a sea of faces
- give away the ending
4. Critical evaluation (20 entries)
- thought-provoking
- subtle
- dramatic
- uneven
- predictable
- moving
- critical disagreement
- beside the point
- invite comparison
- place in context
- enthusiastic
- miss the point
- pacing
- develop a character
- perspective on
- villain
- reader response
- inner conflict
- unresolved ending
- context of publication
5. Recommendations and comparisons (20 entries)
- compare favourably
- appeal to
- in contrast to
- form your own opinion
- better suited to
- reject convention
- create depth
- suggest movement
- depth
- balance elements
- frame a subject
- focal point
- elegance
- originality
- rhythm
- scale
- blend colours
- shading
- palette
- easel