Dramatic terms

Question 1

A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.

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satire

Question 2

Using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour

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wit

Question 3

What theatre involves the use of the fourth wall?

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proscenium

Question 4

A 19th-century theatrical movement, seeking to portray real life on the stage

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Realism

Question 5

The imaginary wall of the theatre, supposedly removed to allow the audience to see the action.

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fourth wall

Question 6

A reference is made to something that will play an important role in future events of the story

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Foreshadowing

Question 7

Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction

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Didactic

Question 8

Who is the playwright of 'The Crucible'?

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Arthur Miller

Question 9

A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story.

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Foil

Question 10

The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work

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tone

Question 11

The main character of a literary/dramatic work

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protagonist

Question 12

The first stage of the plot, in which background information is provided.

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exposition

Question 13

In the plot, the action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement

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falling action

Question 14

Whereby nature mirrors the condition of society or mood

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Pathetic fallacy

Question 15

A character or force against which another character struggles.

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antagonist

Question 16

Aristotle's term for 'tragic flaw'

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Hamartia

Question 17

How many acts does 'Othello' have?

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5

Question 18

The means by which writers present and reveal character

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characterization

Question 19

The resolution of the plot of a literary/dramatic work.

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Denouement

Question 20

A main tragic hero should have the following

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all of the above

Question 21

Information from the playwright for the actors

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stage directions

Question 22

Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience,which are not "heard" by the other characters

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aside

Question 23

The audience knows something that one or more of the characters in a play does not know.

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Dramatic irony

Question 24

A subsidiary or parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot.

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subplot

Question 25

A type of drama of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering. Usually death!

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Tragedy

Question 26

An imaginary person that inhabits a literary work.

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character

Question 27

Name given to the 3 act structure 'design'

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Freytag's pyramid

Question 28

Who says "I am not what I am"?

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Iago

Question 29

Characters conversation with each other

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Dialogue

Question 30

The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story.

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climax

Question 31

The arrangement of the scenery, props, etc. on the stage (period specific)

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mise en scene

Question 32

The purging of the feelings of pity and fear (Aristotle),occur in the audience of tragic drama

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catharsis

Question 33

A group of characters in Greek tragedy, who comment on the action of a play

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chorus

Question 34

A speech by a single character without another character's response

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monologue

Question 35

Drama - that the human situation is essentially absurd, devoid of purpose.

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Theatre of the Absurd

Question 36

Name a key theme in 'Othello' and 'The Crucible'.

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jealousy

Question 37

Direct appeal to the emotion and imagination of the reader to elicit sympathy for a character

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Pathos

Question 38

A contrast or discrepancy between what is said and what is meant

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irony

Dramatic terms

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Dramatic terms

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