Drama Vocab

Question 1

character who stands directly opposed to the protagonist

Answer 1

antagonist

Question 2

struggle that grows out of the interplay of the two opposing forces in a plot

Answer 2

conflict

Question 3

the final unraveling of the plot; solution to the mystery, the explanation or the outcome

Answer 3

denouement

Question 4

character who develops and changes as a result of the plot

Answer 4

dynamic character

Question 5

writing whose clear intention is to amuse and beguile readers, aims to amuse

Answer 5

escape literature

Question 6

backround info, given at the first part of the plot and informs audience about everything that’s happened present time

Answer 6

exposition

Question 7

second half of the dramatic plot, follows the climax,

Answer 7

falling action

Question 8

arrangement and presentation of events and information in such a way that later events in the work are prepared for and do not come as a surprise to the astute reader

Answer 8

forshadowing

Question 9

pride or insolence that results in the misfortune of the protagonist

Answer 9

hybris

Question 10

writers use this to help readers get a ggood sense of what the fwriter is trying to communicate

Answer 10

imagery

Question 11

literature that has a higher purpose than merely to amise and entertain

Answer 11

interpretive fiction

Question 12

reality different from appearance

Answer 12

irony

Question 13

side by side, two characters side by side to illuminate compasisons and contrasts

Answer 13

juxtaposition

Question 14

compasison between two unlike tings

Answer 14

metaphor

Question 15

recurrent images, words, objects, and actions that tend to unify work and offer some deeper meaning

Answer 15

motif

Question 16

action before the climax in a plot

Answer 16

rising action

Question 17

comparison that uses like or as

Answer 17

simile

Question 18

character that changes little if at all in the progress of the action

Answer 18

static character

Question 19

use of one object to represent or suggest another, to illuminate comparable characteristics

Answer 19

symbolism

Question 20

a central or dominating idea in a work

Answer 20

theme

Question 21

fictional work that results in seriousness and death or exile

Answer 21

tragedy