Dramatic Elements Vocabulary

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

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

• dialogue

• verbal irony

• monologue

• aside

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

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

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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

• sermon

• toast

• soliloquy

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

a part of a drama in which a single actor speaks alone

• duologue

• monologue

• soliloquy

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Hugo, Katy, and Wyatt are performing in a school drama. They just finished a part that is similar to a chapter in a book. What is this part called?

• Dialogue

• Stage Direction

• Scene

• Act

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

A brief comment made to the audience that is not heard by the other characters

• dialogue

• monologue

• aside

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

several lines spoken by one character alone on stage

• sonnet

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

What term describes the highest point of tension or conflict in a dramatic work?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Denouement

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

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

• aside

• monologue

• dialogue

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.8.2D