Drama Vocab Flashcard

Front

Ordinary form of written and spoken language?

Back

Prose

Front

Weakness of protagonist leading to downfall

Back

Tragic Flaw

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Dramatic Irony is:

Back

A situation where the audience knows something the character does not.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

A long speech revealing personal thoughts while alone on stage.

Back

Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

What is blank verse?

Back

Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Character in a play with traits opposite to the protagonist, highlighting their qualities.

Back

Dramatic Foil

Front

A combination of contradictory words

Back

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

Notes in a drama describing performance, usually in italics

Back

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

Front

A short speech by an actor expressing thoughts/feelings, directed to the audience (not heard by other characters).

Back

Aside

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Line of verse with 5 metrical feet, each with 1 short (unstressed) syllable followed by 1 long (stressed) syllable

Back

Iambic Pentameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4