Theater Terms Review

A stanza of four lines is called a _________.

Two lines of a poem that rhyme and are equal in meter is known as a ________.

When a character speaks directly to the audience, and it is understood that the other characters onstage cannot hear

When a character converses with himself/herself on stage about his/her feelings, this is known as _____________.

 A ____________ is a poem with 14 lines, a strict rhyme scheme, and iambic pentameter.

Humor added to lessen the seriousness of plot: ______________.

A long speech by one character is a ____________.

When the audience has information that those in the story do not, this is known as _______.

A character that is used as a contrast to another character is called a ___________ character.

Giving human characteristics to non-human/inanimate things is a literary device called _____________.