Short speech heard by the audience but not by the other characters in a play.
What is an aside?
100
One of the main divisions of a play or opera
What is an act?
100
The first part of a five-part dramatic structure. The set-up that provides the basic information of the story.
What is exposition?
100
According to Aristotle, a tragedy inspires which two feelings in the viewer?
What are fear and pity?
100
a person, or anything presented as a person, in a literary work
What is a character?
200
A long, uninterrupted speech (in a narrative or drama) that is spoken in the presence of other characters
What is a monologue?
200
A division with no change of locale or abrupt shift of time
What is a scene?
200
The greatest moment of tension or most exciting part of the narrative structure?
What is climax or moment of crisis?
200
Aristotle's word for the tragic hero's flaw or mistake?
What is hubris or hamartia?
200
The spectacle a play presents in performance, including the position of actors on stage, the scenic background, the props and costumes, and the lighting and sound effects
What is staging?
300
A speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, along on stage, expresses his or her thoughts aloud
What is a soliloquy?
300
A playwright's descriptive or interpretive comments that provide readers (and actors) with information about the dialogue, setting, and action of a play
What are stage directions?
300
The final part of a story where everything is made clear, where there is some sort of stability is restored
What is the denouement or resolution?
300
Aristotle used the word "peripeteia" to refer to this plot twist?
What is a reversal of fortune?
300
A word used to describe a minor character who contrasts sharply with a major character and who is used as a sounding board.
What is a foil?
400
The name of the literary device where the audience knows more information than the one or more of the other characters.
What is dramatic irony?
400
Scenery and staging of a dramatic production
What is a set?
400
The word used to describe the hero or main character of the narrative.
What is a protagonist?
400
Aristotle used the term "anagnorisis" to refer to this transformation from innocence to awareness?
What is recognition?
400
Swollen Feet
What is the meaning of Oedipus?
500
The term used to describe the written words that a character is saying.
What is dialogue?
500
An appendix (usually a concluding address) to a play
What is the epilogue?
500
The word used to describe the villain or adversary of the hero?
What is antagonist?
500
Name all six elements of tragedy as identified by Aristotle.
What are plot, characters, speech, theme/thought, spectacle, and melody/song.