Definitions
A story written to be performed by actors for an audince
Drama
What are the types of drama
film, television show, stage play
A plot follows this structure:
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
Who is the playwright of Julius Caesar?
William Shakespeare
What is a speech given by one character
Monologue
The performers in a drama
cast of characters
Devices to help an audience understand a character's point of view and explore the characters' thoughts and feelings.
monologue, soliloquy, aside, dramatic irony, verbal irony
What is the purpose of the dialogue?
The lines that are spoken by the character allow the audience to learn about the characters.
"He was my friend, faithful and just to me:"
Based on context clues, what does just mean in this line?
Fair
A speech in which the character reveals his or her thoughts and feelings to the audience but not to other characters
Soliloquy
the directions telling characters how to speak or act; the directions telling how sound, lighting, and props are used.
Stage directions
List the elements of drama
cast of characters, act, scene, setting, dialogue, stage directions
Purpose of acts and scenes?
Acts and scenes usually show a change in setting, in characters, or in the plot.
What is the importance of the setting to the play?
It gives Antony an opportunity to remind the citizens of Caesar's good acts and to bring him back into the citizens' favor.
A comment that is made to the audience but not to other characters
Aside
the main divisions within an act
scene
Types of figurative language that can be used
idiom, alliteration, personification, etc
The purpose of the setting?
A brief description of the time and place and any other factors that directly affect the characters or the plot.
What device does the author use to help the audience know how Antony feels about Caesar?
Monologue
When the audience knows something that the other characters don't know
Dramatic Irony
The main divisions of a drama
act
Antiquated language is
The language that was once used but is no longer common.
Purpose of critical incidents in the plot
move the action forward, trigger a character to make a decision, or do both.
How does Antony use verbal irony to make a point about both Brutus and Caesar?
Antony says he agrees with Brutus that Caesar was ambitious, but gives examples of how he was not.
A character says the opposite of what he or she really means
Verbal Irony