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Vocabulary Part 1
Vocabulary Part 2
Drama Terms Part 1
Drama Terms Part 2
Figurative Language/Oxymoron
100
Extremely unpleasant or causing disgust evil; despicable;
What is "vile"
100
adding to something in order to make it more substantial increasing; enlarging;
What is "Augmenting"?
100
An office, A classroom, A Street, A grassy Field are examples of this.
What is "Setting"
100
A Drama, or play, is divided into ____ and _____.
What are Acts and Scenes.
100
A figure of speech which compares two unlike objects using like or as
What is "simile"?
200
Several ____________ tornadoes destroyed and left in ruin the many schools, stores, and homes.
What is Pernicious? (Causing great injury or ruin; destructive; harmful; deadly; insidious)
200
Always or regularly changing; inconstant, changeable.
What is Variable?
200
Writing that is meant to be acted out on stage, writing which provides only each character’s dialogue
What is a Drama?
200
Movements or actions the characters are supposed to make while delivering their lines
What are "Stage Directions"
200
"I am drowning in homework," is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is Metaphor?
300
showing skill or cleverness in planning, especially a trick cleverness; slyness; craftiness; guile
What is Cunning?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY. Make your Wager: 300, 600, 900.
Use the word Grievance in a sentence demonstrating the context.
300
a brief reference, within a work of literature, to something outside the work
What is "Allusion"
300
A humorous scene, incident, or speech that provides a relief from the overall emotional intensity and suspense of the play
What is Comic Relief?
300
"Pretty Ugly" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is Oxymoron?
400
Family members, relatives, or cousins.
What is Kinsmen?
400
those people who have beliefs opposed to the established teachings of a church
What are Heretics?
400
Comic Relief is ______
A humorous scene, incident, or speech that provides a relief from the overall emotional intensity and suspense of the play
400
A character whose personality traits or attitudes are the opposite of another character; This is used to highlight another character’s personality
What is a "Dramatic Foil"
400
the combination of two words which seem to contradict each other; figurative language which combines two contradictory words
What is Oxymoron?
500
Synonyms for this word are: Wrongdoing; sin; misbehavior; disobedience; indiscretion;
What is Transgression?
500
The definition of the word "Procure"
What is "to obtain something, especially by effort get; obtain, acquire"
500
_______, ________, and _________ are the three types of Shakespearean Dramas.
What are Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories?
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY. Make your wager: 500, 1000, 1500,
Name Five parts of a Shakespearean dramas plot sequence.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Make your Wager: 500, 1000, 1500.
Give an example of Oxymoron. (Can not be from PowerPoints or examples given in class)