Theater Terms
Comedic Relief
What is when comedy cuts tension in a drama or tragedy?
Epithet
What is a phrase or adjective describing someone?
Exposition
What is introducing characters, etc in a story?
Oxymoron
What are contradictory terms?
Name the movie: "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
What is The Princess Bride?
Monologue
What is a long speech by one character, when others are present?
Pun
What is a joke from a play on words?
Static Character
What is when a character remains the same?
Order of CSQT Setup
What is title, author, summary?
Name the movie: "Show me the money!"
What is Jerry Maguire?
Aside
What is making a remark that other characters can't hear?
Hyperbole
What is a purposeful exaggeration?
Round character
What is a well-described character?
Order of Shakespeare in-text citations
What is act.scene.lines?
Name the movie: "She doesn't even go here!"
What is Mean Girls?
Soliloquy
What is a long speech spoken by a character who is alone?
Personification
What are human qualities given to something?
Allusion
What is when a modern story references an older story?
T or F: CSQT Setup can be before or after the claim
What is true?
Name the movie: "You can't handle the truth!"
What is A Few Good Men?
Foil
What is a literary device used to compare or contrast two characters?
Synecdoche
What is when part of something is used to represent the whole?
Dynamic character
What is when a character changes?
Describe the Tie-In
What is, the first tie-in sentence sums up the quote, and the second tie-in sentence refers back to the claim?
Name the movie: "I see dead people."
What is Sixth Sense?