Romeo and Juliet Drama Terms

This is a conversation between characters in a literary work.

• monologue

• dialogue

• aside

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

A long speech made by one character to one or more characters on stage.

• soliloquy

• sonnet

• dialogue

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

This is a speech given by a character when he or she is alone on stage that lets the audience know what the character is thinking.

• sonnet

• dialogue

• soliloquy

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

This is a poem of fourteen lines with a certain rhyme scheme and it typically has ten syllables per line.

• soliloquy

• sonnet

• pun

• blank verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

This is brief reference during a story or play to something outside of the work that is well-known, like a famous historical event or literary figure.

• allusion

• foil

• dramatic convention

• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

When a character speaks on stage, either to the audience or to another character, while others are on stage with him or her. Other characters not involved in the speaking are not to hear this.

• aside

• monologue

• dialogue

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

This is a type of figurative language that is a play on words or a joke based on a word with multiple meanings.

• pun

• foil

• sonnet

• dramatic conventions

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

This is a character that makes another character stand out by sharply contrasting one another.

• allusion

• foil

• blank verse

• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.9

This is a form of poetry that uses unrhymed lines.

• pun

• foil

• blank verse

• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

These are literary devices that theater audiences accept as realistic even though they do not reflect the way real-life people behave or the way real-life happens.

• dramatic conventions

• soliloquy

• dialogue

• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7