Drama Vocab Review

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Ordinary form of written and spoken language

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Prose

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Weakness of protagonist leading to downfall

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Tragic Flaw

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Long speech revealing personal thoughts while alone on stage

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Soliloquy

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A situation where the audience knows something the character does not.

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Dramatic Irony

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Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter

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Blank Verse

Front

In Finding Nemo, Marlin is overprotective while Crush is laid back. What are these characters called?

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Foils

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A combination of contradictory words

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Oxymoron

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Notes in a drama describing performance, usually in italics

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Stage Directions

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Character in a play with traits opposite to the protagonist, highlighting their qualities.

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Dramatic Foil

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A short speech by an actor expressing thoughts/feelings, directed to the audience (not heard by other characters).

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