Dramatic Elements

Question 1

Scene

Answer 1

Each time the setting in the act changes, the scene changes. There are several scenes in each act.

Question 2

Aside

Answer 2

A remark that is spoken in an undertone and is meant only for the audience

Question 3

Conflict

Answer 3

Struggle between opposing forces in the plot that is the basis for the plot

Question 4

Internal Conflict

Answer 4

Conflict within the character

Question 5

External Conflict

Answer 5

Conflict outside of the character

Question 6

Drama

Answer 6

Literature meant to be preformed for an audience

Question 7

Mood

Answer 7

How the characters feels about their situation

Question 8

Tone

Answer 8

How the author feels about their characters and subject

Question 9

Chorus

Answer 9

In Shakespeare’s plays, the chorus is the narrator

Question 10

Plot

Answer 10

The sequence of action in a story; exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, an resolution. (Conflict can occur multiple times in a plot)

Question 11

Setting

Answer 11

The time and place a story takes place

Question 12

Soliloquy

Answer 12

A speech one character makes alone on the stage. (Thinking out loud)

Question 13

Monologue

Answer 13

A speech one character makes that is directed to other characters

Question 14

Symbol

Answer 14

Something small representing something larger

Question 15

Theme

Answer 15

An authors message to the reader

Question 16

Tragedy

Answer 16

A drama that starts in a calm or comedy and ends in tragedy and violence

Question 17

Willing Suspension of Disbelief

Answer 17

The audience tacitly agrees to set aside disbelief

Question 18

Dramatic Irony

Answer 18

When the audience knows something that the characters don’t

Question 19

Act

Answer 19

Major unit of action in a play. Comparable to a chapter in a book