Dramatic Terms

Question 1

CU is an abbreviation for

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Close Up

Question 2

P.O.V. is an abbreviation for

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Point of View

Question 3

The words the characters say

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Dialogue

Question 4

When a character voices their thoughts out loud when they are alone or think that they are

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Soliloquy

Question 5

A further division within an act

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Scene

Question 6

INT is an abbreviation for

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Interior

Question 7

Instructions that serve as a guide to directors, set/lighting designers, performers and readers

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Stage Directions

Question 8

A character who is almost exactly the opposite of another character, used to make a comparison

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Foil

Question 9

A division of a play much like a chapter within a novel

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Act

Question 10

Words spoken by a character directly to the audience, usually to help give the audience info

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Aside

Question 11

A speech given by one character; only one person speaking at length

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Monologue

Question 12

The people who take part in the story

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Characters

Question 13

B.G. is an abbreviation for

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Background

Question 14

EXT is an abbreviation for

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Exterior

Question 15

A story that ends happily, usually involves common people, often has humorous scenes/situations

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Comedy

Question 16

A character who tells part of the story line, but does not act in the play

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Narrator

Question 17

A dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character or characters

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Tragedy

Question 18

A literary form written for performance in which dialogue tells the story.

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Drama

Question 19

The author of a drama or script is properly called a

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Playwright

Question 20

A situation in the story in which the audience knows something that the characters do not know

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Dramatic Irony

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