What is the meaning of the word Act?

A major unit of action in a play.

What is the meaning of the word Dialogue?

Written conversation between two or more characters

What is the meaning of the words Stage Directions?

The instructions in the text of the play

What is the meaning of the word Foil?

A character who provides a contrast to another character

What is the meaning of the word Comedy?

A dramatic work that is light/humorous in tone ends happily

What is the meaning of the word Prologue?

A separate introductory section of a literary/musical work

What is the meaning of the word Soliloquy?

A speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud

What is the meaning of the word Scene?

In drama, the action is often divided into acts and scenes

What is the meaning of the word Iambic Pentameter?

A line of five units that is made up of two syllables

What is the meaning of the word Monologue?

A long speech by one actor in a play or a movie

What is the meaning of the word Blank Verse?

Unrhymed poetry written in a meter called iambic pentameter

What is the meaning of the word Allusion?

An indirect reference to another literary work or person

What is the meaning of the word Chorus?

Someone who serves as a narrator & speaks the prologue lines

What is the meaning of the word Aside?

A character who speaks so that only the audience hears

What is the meaning of the word Tragedy?

An dramatic work that ends in a tragic event such as death

What is the meaning of the word Heroic Couplet?

A pair of rhyming iambic pentameters

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What is the meaning of the word Act?
The turning part of a story.
An indirect reference to another literary.
A major unit of action in a play.
A single actor who serves as a narrator.
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What is the meaning of the word Dialogue?
Written conversation between two or more characters
A joke that comes from a play on words
The attitudes and feelings associated with a word
A writer's use of hints or clues
3
What is the meaning of the words Stage Directions?
A statement that seems to contradict itself
A conversation that is conducted by a writer or reporter
The voice or mask that a writer assumes in a particular work
The instructions in the text of the play
4
What is the meaning of the word Foil?
The sequence of events in a story
An event that happened before the beginning of the story
A talk or public speech
A character who provides a contrast to another character
5
What is the meaning of the word Comedy?
A form of language as it is spoken in a particular way.
A extended metaphor
A dramatic work that is light/humorous in tone ends happily
Long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero
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What is the meaning of the word Prologue?
An indirect reference
Short addition at the end of a literary work
A separate introductory section of a literary/musical work
Poem that tells a story
7
What is the meaning of the word Soliloquy?
The narrator is someone outside of the action
A speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud
When a writer explores unexpected possibilities
The attitude a writer takes toward a subject
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What is the meaning of the word Scene?
In drama, the action is often divided into acts and scenes
A speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud
A poem with 14 lines
An unexpected twist in the plot
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What is the meaning of the word Iambic Pentameter?
A line of five units that is made up of two syllables
The attitude a writer takes toward a subject
The time and place of action of a story
A mixture of diverse elements
10
What is the meaning of the word Monologue?
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things
A rhymed pair of lines
People who take part in the action of the story
A long speech by one actor in a play or a movie
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What is the meaning of the word Blank Verse?
A poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited
A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated
Unrhymed poetry written in a meter called iambic pentameter
A character who provides a contrast to another character
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What is the meaning of the word Allusion?
Poetry that does not contain a regular pattern of rhyme
A dramatic work that is usually light and humorous
Verse without rhyme
An indirect reference to another literary work or person
13
What is the meaning of the word Chorus?
A dramatic device in which a character speaks their thoughts
A poem that tells a story.
Someone who serves as a narrator & speaks the prologue lines
A brief tale told to illustrate a moral
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What is the meaning of the word Aside?
A character who speaks so that only the audience hears
Rhymed pair of lines
Part of the story where there is some sort of conflict
Repetition of vowel sounds with non rhyming words
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What is the meaning of the word Tragedy?
A short poem in which a speaker expresses their thoughts
An dramatic work that ends in a tragic event such as death
Special kind of contrast between appearance and reality
A form of a biography
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What is the meaning of the word Heroic Couplet?
A pair of rhyming iambic pentameters
Poetry that does not contain a regular pattern
A metrical line of five units thats made up of two syllables
A type of fiction

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