Unit 10; Drama Terms

Question 0

define soliloquy

Answer 0

a speech in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud. usually on stage alone.

Question 1

define Dialogue

Answer 1

written conversation between two or more characters. set off with quotation marks

Question 2

define aside

Answer 2

a short speech directed to the audience, or another character, that is not heard by the other characters on stage

Question 3

define verbal irony

Answer 3

when someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another

Question 4

define situational irony

Answer 4

a contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens.

Question 5

define dramatic irony

Answer 5

where the reader or viewer knows something the character does not know.

Question 6

define paradox

Answer 6

a seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may nonetheless suggest an important truth.

Question 7

define foreshadowing

Answer 7

is a writers use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story.

Question 8

define flashback

Answer 8

is an account of a conversation, an episode or an event that happened before the beginning of a story

Question 9

define mood

Answer 9

mood is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for a reader

Question 10

define allusion

Answer 10

is an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event or literary work.

Question 11

define idiom

Answer 11

is a common figure of speech shine meaning is different from the literal meaning of its words. (e.g. it’s raining cats and dogs)

Question 12

define pun

Answer 12

a joke that comes from a play on words

Question 13

define blank verse

Answer 13

is unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.

Question 14

define iambic pentameter

Answer 14

a metrical pattern of five feet, or units, each of which is made up of two syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed.

Question 15

define tragedy

Answer 15

is a dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character or characters who are involved in historically or socially significant events

Question 16

define Tragic hero

Answer 16

a dignified character

Question 17

define protagonist

Answer 17

is the main character in a work of literature.

Question 18

define Antagonist

Answer 18

is a principal character or force in opposition to the protagonist.

Question 19

define Character Foil

Answer 19

is a character who provides a striking contrast to another character.

Question 20

define comic relief

Answer 20

consists of humorous scenes, incident, or speeches that are included in a serious drama to provide a reduction in emotional intensity.