ELEMENTS OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE
What is a literary genre that features a work that must be performed? These performances can occur in a theater. They can also be televised or broadcast over radio. They are made of lines of dialogue.
A. Comedy B. Drama C. Fiction D. Novel
B. DRAMA
What type of theatre was developed based on the idea that people are savage and violent but can rise above this if they're made to face their violent drives?
THEATRE OF CRUELTY
What is an essay question that tells you what to write about? Look for key terms inside the question itself to hone the focus of the essay.
ESSAY: PROMPTS
What is an author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work?
IMAGERY
In a narrative, this is any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story?
MOTIF
What is repeating sounds words phrases over and over, that add to a work of literature?
REPETITION
What occurs in plays when a character is alone on stage and talking about his or her thoughts? This allows the audience insight into the character's feelings.
A. Soliloquies B. Monolougue C. Dialoque D.Morality Play
A. SOLILOQUIES
Which literary work shows good and evil in a moral fight. Good ultimately wins in this genre, which is full of stock characters and exaggerated emotions.
MELODRAMA
What are the sentence(s) that inform readers about your essay's point?
THESIS STATEMENT
What term describes the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text?
CLOSE READING
What is a figure of speech that refers, for rhetorical effect, to one thing by mentioning another thing?
METAPHOR
What is a play's program that is provided to the audience before the play begins?
A. Aside B. Script C. Playbill D. Stage Directions
C. PLAYBILL
Which playwright developed the Theatre of Cruelty? His works, including The Cenci and The Spurt of Blood, are examples of this kind of theatre.
ANTONIN ARTAUD
What term is used to describe arguments that are flawed in some way or that include errors in the process of reasoning?
LOGICAL FALLACY
What are signs that represent, stand for, or suggest another idea, visual image, belief, action, or material entity?
SYMBOLS
What is a figure of speech, in which one refers covertly or indirectly to an object or circumstance from an external context?
ALLUSION
What type of play rose to popularity during the Medieval Period? These plays were allegorical and were populated by heroes who fought evil.
A. Morality Play B. Soliloquies C. Monologue D. Dialogue
A. MORALITY PLAY
What type of tragedy was developed in France and wasn't as original as some other forms of tragedy, because it strove to imitate Greek works?
NEO-CLASSICAL TRAGEDY
What style of writing avoids informal terms and doesn't sound conversational? You typically don't include contractions when writing in this tone.
FORMAL WRITING
What is an oral translation of speech or sign from one language into another?
INTERPRETATION/ INTERPRETING
What is an author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work?
IMAGERY
What is a way for a playwright to inform the audience of what a character thinks? To accomplish this, the character talks to the audience while other characters are on stage.
A. Playbill B. Asides C. Script D. Stage Directions
B. ASIDES
What kind of tragedy is focused on everyday people and normal situations?
MODERN TRAGEDY
What step in the writing process pertains to:
Is the thesis clear? Is everything logical? Are my points supported? Are transitions smooth?, and Are there grammatical errors?
EDITING: QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
What type of foreshadowing or guessing ahead is a literary device by which an author hints what is to come?
SYMBOLIC FORESHADOWING
What is a form of speech or disclosure which contains an expression of lesser strength than what would be expected?
UNDERSTATEMENT
What information is included in a play that is meant to tell the crew performing the play what to do? It may involve information about a character's mannerisms or how to speak.
A. Stage Directions B. Aside C. Script D. Play Bill
A. STAGE DIRECTIONS
Who are people who believe in this philosophical idea see the very act of existence as a struggle? It had a lot of impact on the Theatre of the Absurd.
EXISTENTIALISM
What is the specific information that writers must ensure they include enough when writing these papers? Failing to do this can lead to vague statements and short sections.
ESSAY: DETAILS
What involves a process in which one or more messages are communicated to a prophet by a God/god or spirit and often are then communicated to other people?
PROPHECIES
What is figure of speech in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by a metonym, the name of something associated in meaning with that thing or concept?
METONYMY
What is a process that allows you to dig into a dramatic work? You complete this by figuring out the theme and determining what the playwright did to create this theme.
A. Morality Play B. Analyzing A Play C. Script D. Novel
B. ANALYZING A PLAY
What type of tragedy was popular in England and that crowded out Neo-classical tragedy? It drew heroes from normal people.
BOURGEOIS
What does it mean when essays can be written to be informative, persuasive or entertaining? Informative essays provide facts, while persuasive ones try to make someone agree with you. Entertaining ones are fun.
ESSAYS: PURPOSE
what are steps in reasoning moving from premises to conclusion?
INFERENCE
What is a figure of speech that uses understatement to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive, often incorporating double negatives for effect?
LITOTES