Lopera RJ Drama Terms

Audience knows what will happen before characters do

A hyperbole is...

Represents or stands for something

Short comment to the side that another character does not hear, but the audience does

Character is on stage alone expressing thoughts and feelings

comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections

When people tell actors to "break a leg" before a show, this is

When Friar Laurence lies, which type of irony is it?

Irony that occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not is

Piece of literature written to be performed with feelings and emotions

The character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of the story

Play on words

Long speech without interruption to another character

Which of the following is NOT an oxymoron?

Contrasting character traits

Clues to future events

Drama based on human suffering