Drama

What is a tragedy?

• an event that causes conflict
• a dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone
• a drama that results in a catastrophe-most often death-for the main characters
• they lived happily ever after

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A long dramatic speech delivered by a single character in a play. It is a vocalization of the character’s thoughts.

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Prologue

• Sonnet

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A device often used in drama when a character speaks to him- or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections.

• Monologue

• Dramatic Irony

• Verse

• Soliloquy

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A remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

• Verse

• Protagonist

• Aside

• Vocal Delivery

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Form Term: a reference to another work of art or literature

• meter

• blank verse

• allusion

• tragdey

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Form Term: a measured amount of syllables in a line

• meter

• bank verse

• comedy

• pun

Comedies have a

• happy ending

• sad ending

Drama is written to be performed by actors and watched by an audience.

• True
• False

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A playwright is _______.

• The author of the play
• When they play is right after editing
• A character in the play
• A type of stage direction

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When characters have a conversation with each other in a play it is called ________.

• dialogue
• stage directions
• talking
• conversing

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