Dramatic Methods

Question 1

Scrim

Answer 1

The curtain separating the two rooms.

Question 2

Epizeuxis

Answer 2

A form of repetition in which a word is repeated immediately for emphasis.

Question 3

Ecphonesis

Answer 3

An emotional exclamatory phrase.

Question 4

Aposiopesis

Answer 4

Breaking off in the middle of a sentence

Question 5

Parrhesia

Answer 5

Boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way.

Question 6

Diacope

Answer 6

A rhetorical device where a word is repeated but separated by a small number of intervening words.

Question 7

Non-diegetic sound

Answer 7

Any sound that does not come from within the play’s world and that the characters cannot hear.

Question 8

Diegetic sound

Answer 8

Sound heard by everyone on stage and the audience.

Question 9

Plastic theatre

Answer 9

Utilisation of props, sound, stage direction and costume to present poetic truths through symbolism.

Question 10

Props

Answer 10

An object used to support the action of the play.

Question 11

Intertextual allusion

Answer 11

A subtle or indirect reference to another text, historical period or religious belief.

Question 12

Verisimilitude

Answer 12

Aspects of a play being believable or having the appearance of being true.

Question 13

Antebellum

Answer 13

Anything that occurs or exists before the American Civil War.

Question 14

Stitchomythia

Answer 14

When two characters speak alternate lines of dialogue, usually during an altercation or dispute.

Question 15

Simultaneous staging

Answer 15

Two things happening at once on stage.

Question 16

Phallocentric imagery

Answer 16

Images that represent men/focus on penis as sign of male dominance.

Question 17

Inciting incident

Answer 17

An early event in the story that triggers the rest of the action.

Question 18

Pathos

Answer 18

Anything that appeals to the emotions and ideals of the audience, often sadness or sympathy.

Question 19

Ecphonesis

Answer 19

An emotional, exclamatory phrase.