vocab 3 Flashcards
(19 cards)
a part in the play where an actor speaks alone
Monolugue
the act, process, or manner of presenting a play
staging
A succession of metrical feet written, printed ,or orally composed as one line one; of the lines of a poem
verse
An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four, sometimes having a fixed length meter or rhyme scheme forming a division of a poem
stanza
A dramatic composition often in verse dealing with a serious or somber theme
tragedy
Private thoughts
counsel
The Act of coming to a reasonable conclusion from facts or evidence
inference
A class of persons holding explanational rank and privileges
aristocracy
In writer of plays
playwright
The act of clarifying or explaining
illustration
The inter stage separating the audience and the stage by a curtain
proscenium stage
Confession to priest
shrift
Spoken by the chorus, which briefly summarizes the play
prologue
Poetry written in unhythm iambic pentameter
blank verse
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
couplets
Punctuation at the end of a line of poetry
end stop
A line of poetry without punctuation at the end
run on
A character talks to himself or herself or reviews his or her thoughts without addressing and listener
soliloquy
a part of an actor’s line supposedly not heard by the others on the stage and intended only for the audience
aside
