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Drama Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Poetry | Written words that express ideas or emotions in a powerfully vivid and imaginative style, using a variety of literary techniques; written in lines and stanzas |
| Sonnet | A fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter in the rhyme scheme of a b a b c d c d followed by e f e f g g |
| Meter | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates a rhythm |
| Couplet | A pair of consecutive rhymed lines that make a complete thought or idea |
| Prose | The opposite of poetry; written in language that flows in natural patterns of everyday speech in paragraphs |
| Drama | A type of narrative, written in acts, scenes, and lines, that is performed. |
| History | A play representing events drawn wholly or partly from recorded history |
| Tragedy | Focuses on the downfall of the protagonist through their own flaws as well as fate |
| Comedy | A light-hearted dramatic work with a characteristically happy ending, often involving marriage |
| Cast of Characters | The names of the characters in the play, often with relationships or descriptions |
| Stage Directions | Instructions in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting |
| Prologue | A speech addressed to the audience by one or more of the actors at the opening of a play |
| Act | A collection of scenes in a drama that flow together; the major division of a drama |
| Scene | A brief situation of action and dialogue within an act |
| Line Numbers | The labeling of every fifth line in a scene |
| Sidenotes | Notes on the left or right side of the page, next to the main text, that summarize the adjacent text |
| Footnotes | Notes placed at the bottom of a page that cite references or comment on a designated part of the text above it |
| Intermission | A short interval between the acts of a play where the curtain is closed |
| Monologue | A speech given by a single character in a play |
| Soliloquy | A speech given by a single character in a play that is not given to another character, nor is anyone around to hear it |
| Chorus | People who perform vocally in a group as opposed to those who perform singly |
| Iambic Pentameter | A line of writing that consists of ten syllables in a specific pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, or a short syllable followed by a long syllable |
| Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows something the characters don’t |
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