Dramatic Terms

The conversation of characters in a literary work is called __________

• Expectation

• Epilogue

• dialogue

• romance

A device in which a character holds a position or has an expectation reversed or fulfilled in a way that the character did not expect but that the audience or readers have anticipated because their knowledge of events or individuals is more complete than the character’s is called _____________

• dramatic irony

• foreshadowing

• broadcasting

• odd irony

The _______________ between opposing forces in a play can be external (between characters) or internal (within a character) and is usually resolved by the end of the play.

• conflict

• anticipation

• memory

• tension

The turning point of the action in the plot of a play and the point of greatest tension in the work is called _______

• climax

• tension

• importance

• flashback

Movement patterns of actors on the stage is called _________.

• blocking

• impairing

• astronomy

• biology

A character or force against which another character struggles is called the _______________

• antagonist

• protagonist

• bad guy

• evildoer

An interruption of a play's timeline to present an incident that occurred prior to the main time-frame of the play's action is called________.

• flashback

• dramatic effect

• irony

• foreshadowing

Foreshadowing is _______________

• A warning or indication of a future event.

• A secondary character whose situation often parallels that of the main character.

• The sequence of events that make up a story.

• The thought or desire that drives a character.

A monologue is ______________

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

• The point in the story of a play where the plot begins.

• A dialogue between two major characters in a play.

• A good TV show

This is the exposition introducing material before the first scene begins.

• Prologue

• Epilogue

• Montag

• Analog