Drama Vocab Review

1. Ordinary form of written and spoken language

• Oxymoron
• Verse
• Blank Verse
• Prose
• Poetry

The one weakness or negative character trait of the protagonist that leads to his or her downfall

• Tragic Flaw
• Achilles Heel
• Tragic Ending
• Dramatic Foil
• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A long speech by a character who is revealing personal thoughts or feelings while alone on stage

• Verse
• Prose
• Soliloquy
• Monologue
• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

A contradictory situation when the audience knows something that the character does not know

• Dramatic Foil
• Dramatic Irony
• Tragic Flaw
• Horror Movie Cliche
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter

• Prose
• Oxymoron
• Blank Verse
• Malapropism
• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

 

In Finding Nemo, Marlin is high strung and overprotective. Meanwhile, Crush is laid back and lets his son figure things out on his own. These two characters are called what?

• Protagonists

• Antagonists

• Foils

• Flaws

• Static Characters

A combination of seemingly contradictory words

• Oxymoron
• Malapropism
• Aside
• Monologue
• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Notes included in a drama that describe how the work is to be performed, typically printed in italics

• Prologue
• Side Show
• Dramatic Performance
• Director's Cues
• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A character in a play who possesses contradictory or opposite traits as the protagonist; used to highlight certain traits of the protagonist

• Supermoron
• Oxymoron
• Antagonist
• Dramatic Foil
• Tragic Flaw

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A short speech or line by an actor/character expressing thoughts and/or feelings; this speech reveals thoughts and/or feelings and is directed toward the audience (the other characters on stage cannot hear this)

• Inside Joke
• Whisper
• Monologue
• Soliloquy
• Aside

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D