Dramatic Techniques

An extended speech given by one character that expresses inner thoughts aloud to himself and the audience

• soliloquy

• monologue

• aside

• prologue

A brief monologue for the audience that is unheard by other characters on the stage

• aside

• prologue

• soliloquy

• foil

What is an aside?

• a brief remark made directly to the audience; other characters cannot hear it

• a lengthy speech in which one character is alone on stage

• speech in which a word has a double meaning

• a lengthy speech addressed to the other characters on stage

A "soliloquy" and an "aside" are different from a "monologue" because they are...

• quietly spoken off-stage.

• both discussions between two characters.

• spoken directly to the audience.

What is the most likely reason that Shakespeare ends Act IV with a conversation between musicians and a servant?

• The conversation shows how others in the household feel about Juliet’s death.

• It mimics a servant’s conversation at the beginning of Act IV.

• The conversation provides comic relief and eases the tension.

• It allows for a seamless musical transition between Acts IV and V.

Dramatic Techniques are all the devices that a playwright uses to represent their ideas or thoughts.

• True

• False

The playwright is using the following technique when the audience knows something that the characters are unaware of

• Situational Irony

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Aside

• Dramatic Irony

A literary device used in drama which is characterized by a long speech delivered or presented by an individual character.

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Dialogue

• Aside

This is a brief remark by a character revealing his thoughts or feelings to the audience, unheard by the other characters on stage.

• Soliloquy

• Dramatic Monologue

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Aside

A device where the character relates his or her thoughts or feelings to him/herself and to the audience without addressing any of the other characters

• Soliloquy

• Monologue