Dramatic Devices

Question 1

Dramatic Devices

Answer 1

Used to comment indirectly on what a character is thinking or feeling:

• Monologue - character speaks to another character or t him/herself (long speech)
• Soliloquy - character speaks innermost thoughts alone on stage
• Aside - character comments to the audience; other characters do not hear

Question 2

A character speaking innermost thoughts alone onstage is using the dramatic device of ___,

Answer 2

Soliloquy.

Question 3

An actor who makes a condidential comment to the audience which the other characters do not hear is using the dramatic device of

Answer 3

an aside.

Question 4

Dramatic devices - monologues, soliloquies, and asides - are used to reveal

Answer 4

a character’s thoughts and feelings.