Drama Terminology Review

What is a piece of spoken verse within plays that gives the audience insight into the innermost thoughts and feelings of the speaker while other characters on the stage?

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Chorus

• Iambic Pentameter

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Which of the following is an imaginary concept that separates the events on stage from the audience so the audience can look directly into the events "inside"?

• Conceit

• Foil

• Fourth Wall

• Satire

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Which of the following is a play on words in which a word is used to convey two meanings at the same time?

• Pun

• Satire

• Irony

• Aside

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

What term means "opposite" and is usually the opposite of a statement, concept, or idea?

• Sonnet

• Foil

• Apostrophe

• Antithesis

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is NOT a unique characteristic of a Shakespearean Sonnet?

• Consists of three quatrains and a couplet

• Written in free verse

• Written in iambic pentameter

• Rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Satire is . . .

• A literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness; arouses contempt

• A literary work which is amusing and ends happily; contains puns, allows for comic relief

• A serious play in which the main character passes through a series of misfortunes that results in catastrophe

• A single person or group of people who serve mainly as the commentators on the characters and events in the play

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

What is a stock character?

• A character who serves as the protagonist of the story

• A character that makes another seem better by contrast

• A character who serves as the antagonist of the story

• A character based on stereotype; rely on cultural types or names for their personality

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following are unspoken instructions written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movement of performers, or production requirements?

• Iambic Pentameter

• Soliloquy

• Stage Directions

• Antithesis

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Which of the following occurs when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on stage AND gives special information about the other characters onstage/the plot?

• Antithesis

• Apostrophe

• Foil

• Aside

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of the following is a single person or group of people who serve mainly as the commentators on the characters and events in a play and are used to interpret past events, comment on actions, or foretell the future?

• Antagonist

• Chorus

• Foil

• Stock Character

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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