Elements of Drama/Literary Terms

Question 1

conversation between two or more characters

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dialogue

Question 2

a list of characters presented before the action begins

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cast

Question 3

a work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience

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drama

Question 4

a humorous work of drama

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comedy

Question 5

a line of poetry that contains 5 iambs of two syllables each

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iambic pentameter

Question 6

thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone, or thinks he/she is alone

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soliloquy

Question 7

a long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to the audience

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monologue

Question 8

a division of an act into smaller parts

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scene

Question 9

serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe, usually because of his own actions

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tragedy

Question 10

a division within a play, much like chapters of a novel

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act

Question 11

italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or use of props or costumes

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stage directions

Question 12

when the audience or reader knows something that the characters in the story do not know

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dramatic irony

Question 13

lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience

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aside

Questions 13