Literary Techniques
Parts of a play
People
Words
Miscellaneous
100
A device comparing two things using "Like" or "as"
What is simile
100
This type of play is serious and usually results in one or more deaths, including the hero's death due to a flaw
What is a tragedy
100
This is the main character of a play or story
What is the protagonist
100
This is a conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue
100
This literary device is a contradiction between what is expected and what actually is
What is irony
200
A device comparing two things NOT using like or as
What is metaphor
200
This is the smallest part of a play
What is scene
200
This is whom the protagonist is against List three traits of this person...
What is the antagonist
200
This is a play on words such as "What did the buffalo say to his son" ""Bison"
What is pun
200
This is a type of conflict a character feels internally or emotions
What is character vs. self
300
This is an example of: The Party died soon after midnight. The brown grass was begging for water. (Giving human or life-like qualities to objects)
What is personification.
300
This is like "chapters" in a book but for a play
What is Act
300
This is when a character's personality is the opposite of another character in the story
What is character foil
300
This is thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone
What is soliloquy
300
This type of play has a happy ending and is humorous
What is a comedy
400
Clues the author gives in order to allow the reader to make predictions about future events in the plot
What is foreshadowing
400
Italicized comments telling the reader movements of the actors or the setting
What is stage directions
400
This character usually fails or dies due to a flaw (problem) in their personality
What is tragic hero
400
This is a long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or the audience
What is monologue
400
The meter of a poem which contains 10 syllables per line
What is iambic pentameter
500
The literary device describes when the audience knows something about the plot that some of the characters in the play do not know about
What is dramatic irony.
500
Lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience (other characters can be on stage)
What is aside
500
This group of people's job is to act as narrator or general audience to the play
What is chorus
500
Non-rhyming poetry; Most of Shakespeare's plays are written in this
What is blank verse
500
This means to summarize or put in your own words
What is to paraphrase
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