Drama Literary Terms

Tragedy

• a drama that ends in catastrophe

• a humorous scene

• an association to another story, history, or even memories

• personality or attitudes in sharp contrast to those of another character

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Comic relief

• a drama that ends in catastrophe

• a humorous scene

• an association to another story, history, or even memories

• character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to another character

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Allusion

• a drama that ends in catastrophe

• a humorous scene

• an association to another story, history, or even memories

• a character is in sharp contrast to another character

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Foil

• a drama that ends in catastrophe

• a humorous scene

• an association to another story, history, or even memories

• a character is in sharp contrast to another character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Dramatic Conventions

• devices that theater audiences accept as realistic (may not reflect reality)

• a speech when a character is alone on stage

• a drama that ends in catastrophe

• a humorous scene

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Soliloquy

• a character is in sharp contrast to another character

• a speech on stage when a character is alone

• an association to another story, history, or even memories

• a humorous scene

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Aside

• character's remark to audience or another character, others on stage cannot hear it.

• a lengthy conversation to another character

• unrhymed poetry of iambic pentameter

• a rhymed pair of lines

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Monologue

• character's remark to audience or another character, others on stage cannot hear it.

• lengthy conversation to other characters on stage

• unrhymed iambic pentameter

• rhymed pair of lines

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

Blank Verse

• character's remark to audience or another character, others on stage cannot hear it.

• lengthy conversation addressed to other characters

• unrhymed iambic pentameter

• rhymed pair of lines

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Couplet

• character's remark to audience or another character, others on stage cannot hear it.

• unrhymed iambic pentameter

• rhymed pair of lines

• ideas placed side by side

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4