Drama Terms Quiz - LP
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| Prologue | Introduction to the play, gives setting and introduces central theme
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| Tragedy | A work of literature, especially a play that results in a catastrophe for the main character.
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| Act | Large division or unit of a play.
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| Scene | A small section of an act or change in setting.
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| Aside | A remark made to the audience, unheard by other characters. The other characters are present, but unable to hear.
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| Soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.
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| Monologue | A long uninterrupted speech in drama that is spoken in the presence of other characters.
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| Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
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| Dramatic Foil | Character who highlights or brings about the character traits of another character.
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| Dramatic Irony | Contradiction between what the character thinks and what the character or audience knows to be true.
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| Stage Directions | Notes included in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged.
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| Foreshadowing | The use of clues in a drama that suggest events that have yet to have happened.
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| Theme | The central idea or message about life revealed in a work of literature.
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