Soliloquy

What feature of the excerpt from The Tempest shows that it is a soliloquy?

• It is written in verse.

• Prospero is speaking alone onstage.

• There is vivid imagery.

• The act and scene numbers are identified.

Whom is Prospero addressing at the beginning of the soliloquy?

• gods

• elves

• enemies

• animals

The term soliloquy comes from the Latin, soliloquium, which means

• Talking to others

• Talking to the teacher

• Talking to oneself

Soliloquy frequently appeared in Shakespearean plays

• True

• False

A solitary speech in which is the character is speaking to himself or herself

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Stage Directions

What is a soliloquy?

• spoken by a group of people on stage

• spoken by a character alone on stage

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

• Aside

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Act

What is a soliloquy?

• a brief remark that the audience can hear but characters cannot

• a lengthy speech addressed to the other characters on stage

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

• speech in which a word has a double meaning

A long speech given by a character that expresses inner thoughts aloud to himself and the audience.

• soliloquy

• aside

• monologue

• dialogue

A dramatic speech, revealing their inner thoughts and feelings, spoken aloud by one character while alone on the stage.

• soliloquy

• narrative

• monologue

• personification