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?
“Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?”
What is Snow White?
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?
“I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight.”
What is The Devil Wears Prada?
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?
“If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.”
What was Taken?
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?
“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance"
What is Gladiator?
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?
"They're here."
What is Poltergeist?