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JC Vocab
Julius Caesar Adapted
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aside | lines spoken by an actor that the other characters on stage supposedly cannot hear; an aside usually shares the character’s inner thoughts with the audience (ex. Although she appeared to be calm, the heroine’s aside revealed her inner terror.) |
| backstage | the part of the theater where actors prepare to go onstage, where scenery is kept, etc. (ex. Before entering, the villain impatiently waited backstage.) |
| cast | the entire company of actors performing in a play (ex. The entire cast must attend tonight’s dress rehearsal.) |
| character | a fictional person or creature in a story or play (ex. Mighty Mouse is one of my favorite cartoon characters.) |
| climax | the outcome of the main conflict of a play or novel (ex. The outlaw’s capture made an exciting climax to the story.) |
| comedy | a funny play, film, or TV show that has a happy ending (ex. My friends and I always enjoy a Jim Carrey comedy.) |
| conflict | the struggle between characters, forces, or ideas at the center of a story (ex. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde illustrates the conflict between good and evil.) |
| conclusion | the resolution of all plot conflicts, bringing a story to a close (ex. That play’s conclusion was very satisfying. Every conflict was resolved) |
| dialogue | words spoken by the characters in a novel or play (ex. Amusing dialogue is an important element of most comedies.) |
| drama | a story, usually not a comedy, especially written to be performed by actors in a play or movie (ex. The TV drama about spies was very suspenseful.) |
| event | something that happens; a specific occurrence (ex. The most exciting event in the story was the surprise ending.) |
| figurative language | colorful wording not meant to be taken literally, but to form a colorful, sharp picture in the mind (ex. A “screaming” headline may be set in large type, but it makes no sound at all.) |
| introduction | a short reading that presents and explains a novel or play (ex. The introduction to Frankenstein is in the form of a letter.) |
| motive | the internal or external force that makes a character do something (Ex. What was that character’s motive for telling a lie?) |
| passage | a section of a written work, ranging from one line to several paragraphs (ex. His favorite passage from the book described the fisherman’s childhood.) |
| playwright | the author of a play ( ex. William Shakespeare is the world’s most famous playwright.) |
| plot | the chain of events in a story or play that leads to its final outcome (ex. The plot of that mystery story is filled with action.) |
| point of view | the mental position from which a character sees the events of the story unfold (ex. The father’s point of view about elopement was quite different from the daughter’s.) |
| prologue | an introduction to a play that comes before the first act (ex. The playwright described the main characters in the prologue to the play.) |
| quotation | a passage quoted; the exact words spoken by a character; the words set off by quotation marks (ex. A popular quotation from Julius Caesar begins, “Friends, Romans, countrymen . . .”) |
| role | the part that an actor performs in a play (ex. Who would you like to see play the role of Romeo?) |
| sequence | the time-order in which story events take place (ex. Sometimes actors rehearse their scenes out of sequence.) |
| setting | where and when the story events take place (ex. This play’s setting is New York in the 1940s.) |
| soliloquy | a speech in a play in which a character tells his or her thoughts to the audience, as if talking to himself or herself (ex. One famous soliloquy is Hamlet’s speech that begins, “To be, or not to be . . .”) |
| symbol | a person or thing that stands for, or represents, something else (ex. In Hawthorne’s famous novel, the scarlet letter is a symbol for adultery.) |
| theme | the central meaning of a play or novel; the main idea (ex. Ambition and revenge are common themes in Shakespeare’s plays.) |
| tragedy | a serious play with a sad ending (ex. Macbeth, the shortest of Shakespeare’s plays, is a tragedy.) |
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