Elements of Drama
Tells the characters what to do (Juliet moves to the right of the stage)
Stage directions
The "paragraph" in a poem
Stanza
A play or script. Something meant to be acted out is called
A drama
The author of the poem is called a
Poet
Words that imitate or suggest the sounds they describe
Onomatopoeia
Someone who writes a drama
A playwright
Using the same words over and over again in poetry.
Repetition
A performer who speaks directly to the audience to tell a story
Narrator
Repetition of beginning sounds in a line or stanza.
Alliteration
The moral lesson
Theme
Major divisions or parts of the play
Acts
Comparing two different things using "like" or "as"
Simile
A conversation between two or more people
Dialogue
A poem with no set patterns is called a
Free verse poem
The sequence of events in the story. How the story plays out beginning to end
Plot
Divisions of the acts, changes every time there is a new setting.
Scene
How the author feels toward a subject or topic.
Tone
A speech by ONE character to another
Monologue
"Let me lend you a hand" is an example of what type of figurative language?
An idiom
Where the story takes place
Setting
Items characters use while performing.
Props
A-A-B-C-B-C is an example of...
Rhyme Scheme
What was the name of the spider in the drama we performed as a class?
Anansi the Spider
How we feel when reading a poem.
Mood
A comparison between two things that are unrelated
Metaphor