Dramatic Elements

The character is talking to him or herself completely alone on stage and allowing the audience access to his or her thoughts... This is an example of what?

• monologue

• soliloquy

• dialogue

• aside

A conversation between two or more characters is called...

• dialogue

• verbal irony

• monologue

• aside

The Act I Prologue of Romeo and Juliet, where it tells the viewers that the “star-cross’d lovers end their life,” but the characters don’t know it is an example of __________________.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• comedy

A lengthy speech by one character; audible to other characters on stage

• sermon

• toast

• soliloquy

• monologue

Due to the Stage Manager’s narration, the audience often knows what is going to happen to the characters before they do. Which literary term describes this?

• • Irony

• • Metaphor

• • Allusion

• • Dialect

several lines spoken by one character alone on stage

• sonnet

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

a brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience

• aside

• soliliquy

• chorus

• tragic remark

Which of the following is an extended speech spoken only by one character and might only speak to audience?

• aside

• monologue

• dialogue

• soliloquy

A long dramatic speech delivered by a single character in a play. It is a vocalization of the character’s thoughts.

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Prologue

• Sonnet

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

• Line

• Monologue

• Act

• Aside