Julius Caesar

A type of drama in which a series of actions leads to the downfall of the main character

• tragedy

• archetype

• comedy

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A speech given by a character alone on stage, used to reveal his private thoughts and feelings. It helps the audience understand a character's motivation.

• tragic hero

• aside

• soliloquy

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An error in judgement or a character defect that ultimately leads to the downfall of the tragic hero.

• dramatic irony

• tragic flaw

• rhetorical devices

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When a speaker asks his audience questions that he doesn't want them to answer out loud, but only in their own hearts and minds, and the answer aligns them with the speaker's purposes (whether the audience likes to admit it or not), then this rhetorical device has been employed.

• rhetorical parallelism

• rhetorical repetition

• rhetorical questions

When the audience knows something that a character in the play doesn't know, such as when we knew the members of Caesar's inner circle were plotting against him long before he knew it.

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

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What is the difference in an Act and a Scene?

• Acts are the major divisions in a play, and Scenes are the short divisions within the Acts.

• A Scene is a major division in a play, and a n Act is a short division with a Scene.

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A familiar character type that appears over and over again in literature. For example, the hero, the villain, the mentor, the innocent, etc.

• archetype

• prediction

• catastrophe

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What are stage directions?

• they tell the characters where to stand on the stage

• they tell the characters how to say their lines

• they tell what's happening in the background of the main scene

• all of the above

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At the beginning of Act Two, when Brutus is alone on the stage, he expresses (aloud, with the audience listening) his reasons for deciding to join the conspiracy to kill Caesar. This is an example of which Drama Term?

• aside

• archetype

• soliloquy

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During Brutus's speech at Caesar's funeral, he said, "Who is here so base that would be a bondman? Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? Who is here so vile that will not love his country?" Notice that each rhetorical question begins with the same phrase "Who is here so..." Which Drama Term is this an example of?

• dialogue

• parallelism

• iambic pentameter

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