Drama Terms-1
The major division in a play.
What is an act
A division of an act in a play.
What is a scene
A story that ends happily.
What is a comedy
spell Rank's disease
syphilis
The objects that an actor uses on stage.
What is props
The main character in a tragedy.
What is a tragic hero
Nora and Krogstad both commit the same crime -- an example of what?
parallelism
When the audience knows more than the characters do.
What is dramatic irony
A character who serves as a contrast to another character.
What is foil
A humorous imitation of a serious literary work.
What is a parody
A literary technique in which foolish ideas or customs are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society.
What is satire
Torvald believes he is the moral centre of hte family but when the truth emerges he turns out to be interested only in himself...
What is situational irony
Conversation between characters.
What is a dialogue
Ibsen rejects heightened, poetic verse in favor of colloquial, everyday speech and realistic domestic spaces to mirror real life. What kind of drama?
naturalistic / realistic
all the letters wherein writing contains secrets and advances the plot -- an example of...
motif
The furnishings and scenery for a play.
What is a set
Information in the script of a play that instructs the actors how to act out the scene and what emotions to use.
What are stage directions
What is in dramatic terms
a highly structured dramatic genre developed in 19th-century France that relies on a tight, mechanically precise plot rather than deep character development.
well-made play
all the pet names -- treating someone as a child is which posh word
Words spoken by a character directly to the audience or to another character but not heard by others on stage.
What is aside
When someone states one thing but means another.
What is verbal irony
A short address by an actor at the end of a play that comments on the meaning of the events in the play or looks ahead to expected events; an afterword.
What is an epilogue
Example:
The best way to communicate with a fish is to drop them a line.
What is a pun
Example:
A traffic cop gets his license suspended because of unpaid parking tickets
What is irony
A long speech in which a character who is alone onstage expresses private thoughts or feelings.
What is a soliloquy