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additional information in a sentence given between brackets, commas or dashes, e.g. Mr Smith – the referee – will go with the students.
a figure of speech in which a harsh fact is expressed in a gentle way, e.g. He passed away.
a sound device in which a word sounds like its meaning, e.g. The bees buzzed in the flowers. The...
(also called dissolve) when one shot dissolves (changes) gradually into another shot, so that...
a verb that forms its tenses in a regular way, e.g. play, played, have played.
See film script and play script.