Klida- Dramatic Terms (Unit 4)

These are the important concluding events of the story.

These events happen as a direct result of the climax.

The major division in the play.

The use of a comic scene to interrupt a succession of intensely tragic dramatic moments.

This person is of high social rank, has a tragic flaw that leads to a downfall, & suffers ruin or death.

A speech in a play that is meant to be heard by the audience but not other characters on stage.

Words or a brief remark spoken by an actor that are not heard by the other characters on stage.

A recurring image or symbol that appears in a work of literature. In our play, one is blood.

What a character says is the opposite of what they mean.

This is the high point of action.

A drama where a series of actions leads to the downfall of the main character. The plot builds to a disastrous outcome.

Familiar character types or themes that appear in literature over and over again. One example is good vs. evil.

This is the person the audience most identifies with; the main character of a literary work.

These are the important beginning events of the story.

Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or story.

Notes that appear in the margins to help us understand unfamiliar words.

The spoken words throughout the play.

The movements of characters on stage; the description of the setting as the play progresses.

An event occurs that contradicts what we thought was going to happen.

A character or force against which another character struggles.

When the audience knows information the characters don't.

These events lead to the climax.

Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter (10 syllable lines.)