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Drama Terms
Romeo and Juliet Drama terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| drama | acted out on a stage by actors in front of an audience |
| tragedy | sad ending drama |
| comedy | happy ending drama |
| plot | sequence of events |
| dialogue | conversation of characters |
| stage directions | conveys the actions of the characters on the stage |
| exposition | the beginning |
| conflict | internal or external problem |
| climax | (blank) |
| crisis | (blank) |
| turning point | a change in the plot |
| resolution | the end |
| prologue | the introduction of a play |
| verse drama | poetry in a play |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| couplet | two rhyming lines |
| pun | a play on words |
| soliloquy | alone on the stage with your thoughts |
| foil | a contrasting character |
| aside | a secret that is heard by the audience but not by the characters on the stage |
| monologue | a long speech when an audience and other characters are listening |
| conventions | ideas that the audience just accepts such as a dead body walking off of the stage. |
| dramatic irony | the audience understands more than the characters do |
| comic relief | a lightening of the mood |
| props | movable parts of the drama |
| protagonist | main character |
| antagonist | opposes the main character |
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