Drama Vocab Quiz

What is the term for the ordinary form of written and spoken language?

• Oxymoron
• Verse
• Blank Verse
• Prose
• Poetry

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

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

Dramatic Irony is:

• A situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected

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

• The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning

• A scene where the characters directly contradict the setting

• A play where actors deliberately act in a contradictory manner to the lines of the script

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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

One of the reasons that Shakespeare is so highly regarded is his successful use of blank verse. What is blank verse?

• Writing that lacks a rhythm or beat

• Rhyming Oxymorons

• Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter

• Ordinary written and spoken language

• The dialect of the lower class

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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 combination of seemingly contradictory words

• Oxymoron
• Malapropism
• Aside
• Monologue
• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

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 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.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable

• Diambic Paralysis
• Iambic Pentameter
• Monolithic Pentameter
• Iambic Verse
• Prose Pentameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9