Drama Terms
The spoken words between characters in a play.
Dialogue
The most basic unit of a poem.
Line
Compares two things using "like" or "as".
Simile
Point of View
If you don't know what a word is, what should you do?
Look it up using a dictionary
A person who writes plays.
Playwright
A group of lines in a poem.
Stanza
An author uses this to make a story more interesting.
Figurative language
The central or universal idea of a piece of fiction. It is a comment, observation, lesson or insight about a subject.
Theme
Don't guess words when you have what?
Access to a dictionary
Descriptive comments that provide information about the dialogue, setting, and actions during the play.
Stage directions
The words at the end of each line sound the same.
Rhyme / End rhyme
Gives a non-human thing human qualities.
Personification
The sequence of events in which each event results from the previous one and causes the next. Also: name all 5 parts in order.
Plot
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
An effective strategy for remembering something.
Write it down multiple times.
The main way a play's plot is advanced.
The flow or beat in a poem. It gives a poem a musical feel.
Rhythm / Meter
Sensory language - uses the five senses.
Imagery
The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage.
Mood
Routine the night before and the morning of testing.
1. Sleep for at least 8 hours
2. Eat a well-balanced breakfast (no excessive amounts of sugar)
3. Stay calm!
The two main types of drama.
Comedy and Tragedy
A poem that does not conform to a set format or conjecture.
Free Verse
A group of words that has a meaning that cannot be derived simply from reading the words as-is.
Idiom
A particular feeling or attitude that comes from a story.
Tone
What you should do with important words/phrases as well as whenever something is referenced in the test's selection.
Highlight it!