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Theater Terms

Finals

QuestionAnswer
act major part of play
allusion indirect reference
amphitheater outdoor theater
aside private remark
blank verse unrhymed iambi pentameter
colosseum stadium or large theater
comedy play with happy ending
comic relief funny part in sad play
couplet two rhyming lines
dark ages 500-1000 A.D.
denoument resolution; ending
dialogue spoken parts
drama literature to be performed
dramatic foil character opposite the protagonist (the antagonist)
dramatic irony audience knows, character doesn't
epilogue speech at end
foreshadowing hint at what's coming next
guild business organization
media way to get message across
melodrama tragic comedy with music
metaphor saying one thing is another
middle ages 1000-1500 A.D.
minstrel traveling poet/musician
miracle play enactment of Bible story
monologue long speech while others listen (one person is talking)
morality play allegorical play about good vs. evil
offstage somewhere else
onstage in view of audience
oxymoron contradictory but true phrase
patron supporter or audience member
personification giving an inanimate object human traits
playbill flier about a play
playwright person who writes plays
prologue speech at beginning
props objects to add realism to play
prose sentences and paragraphs
reformation beginning of Protestant religion
renaissance flowering of literature, science, art
repertoire whole collection of plays
scene part determined by time and location
script written play (manuscript)
simile saying one thing is like another
soliloquy speech alone on stage
sonnet 14 line lyric poem
stage directions comments telling actors what to do/where to go
synopsis summary
thespian actor
tragedy play with sad ending
Created by: vrosborough
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