Drama Review Terms

A speech delivered by a character alone on stage to allow people to know what the character is thinking or feeling is known as?

• aside

• soliloquy

• iambic pentameter

• blank verse

A long, uninterrupted speech by a character in a play?

• monologue

• soliloquy

• iambic pentameter

• blank verse

Words spoken by a character in a

play, usually in an undertone and not

intended for other characters to hear.

• monologue

• soliloquy

• iambic pentameter

• aside

A character who provides a contrast

to another character.

• monologue

• foil

• iambic pentameter

• aside

Spoken conversations involving two or more characters:

• Narrations

• Soliloquy

• Dialogue

• Aside

A major turning point in a play or story

• setting

• conflict

• climax

• plot

a play that ends with the death of a main character

• tragedy

• comedy

• soliloquy

• aside

A long speech that is given in the presence of others on stage

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Monologue

• Pun

Characters with opposite traits used to set off each other by contrast

• Foil

• Aside

• Tragedy

• Comedy

In this type of play, a central character meets an unhappy ending

• History

• Tragedy

• Comedy

• Aside