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

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

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

• monologue

• soliloquy

• iambic pentameter

• blank verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A character who provides a contrast

to another character.

• monologue

• foil

• iambic pentameter

• aside

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Spoken conversations involving two or more characters:

• Narrations

• Soliloquy

• Dialogue

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A major turning point in a play or story

• setting

• conflict

• climax

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

a play that ends with the death of a main character

• tragedy

• comedy

• soliloquy

• aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

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

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Monologue

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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

• Foil

• Aside

• Tragedy

• Comedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

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

• History

• Tragedy

• Comedy

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10