Drama Terms: R & J

conversation between characters (or inner voice); drives action of play

A writer's or speaker's choice of words

Opening that prepares the audience for the story

a lead character with a fatal flaw which eventually leads to his demise

similes, metaphors, hyperbole, idioms, personification

the reader knows something that a character in the story does not know.

serves as a contrast to a character; to point out specific traits of the primary character

opposites side by side to emphasize contrast

Is a love poem; has 14 fourteen lines, ends in a couplet (last 2 lines); iambic pentameter

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear together (jumbo shrimp)

living form of drama

drama where the hero loses (or dies)

How the reader feels about the text while reading.

is a literary art form that recreates human life and emotions.

introduces the characters and setting, and provides background information

divisions, sections of a play; often change location

clues or hints about what will happen later in the story

words or phrased used to create a picture in the reader's mind

written form of drama