Dialogue in Drama
Talking that takes place between two or more characters onstage. All or some of the characters can hear one another.
What is Dialogue?
The main character or one of the major characters in a story. The character trying to reach a goal or destination.
What is a protagonist?
The opposite of literal language.
Hint: (simile, metaphor, personification,etc.)
What is figurative language?
The person, place or thing that is preforming the action or being described.
What is a subject?
A play that ends happily and is humorous
What is a comedy?
A longer speech given by one character where no others on stage can hear what it is said. Usually the comments on the actions of the play or reveals judgement or hidden secrets.
What is a monologue?
A person who actively opposes the protagonist; Usually trying to prevent the protagonist from reaching their goals.
What is an antagonist?
Consists of one or more lines in poetry.
What is a stanza?
Describes what the subject is/was doing, describes the subject.
What is a predicate?
A play that doesn't have a happy ending.
What is a tragedy?
A shorter comment given by one character. No others on stage can hear what is said. Usually comments on the actions of the play or reveals judgments or hidden secrets.
What is aside?
A main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength.
What is a hero?
Can be complete or incomplete. Similar to a sentence.
What is a line?
It is an independent clause, consists of no conjunction, has a subject and a predicate.
What is a simple sentence?
A play where serious and comic elements are mixed.
What is a comic tragedy?
A longer speech given by one character and no others on stage can hear what is said. Reveals the inner thoughts or motives of one character.
What is Soliloquy?
The main protagonist in a work.
What is a leading character?
The pattern of rhyme at the end of a line.
Hint (AABB, ABAB)
What is rhyme scheme?
It has 2 independent clauses and one coordinate conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
Serious plays with the primary goal of keeping an audience involved using any means; exaggerated characters and exciting vents intended to appeal to the emotions.
What is a melodrama?
A person who plays a role in the life of a story's protagonist; novelists and screenwriters don't anchor a story around supporting characters, but use them in the process of worldbulidling to crate a compelling backdrop to the main character's story arc.
What is a supporting character?
The structure of a poem.
What is form?
It has one dependent clause and one independent clause.
What is a complex sentence?