Dramatic Elements
When reading a play, these notes are given to the actors in italics. They are not read out loud.
What are stage directions?
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
The place and time period a story takes place
A sonnet will always have this number of lines.
What is 14?
To completely destroy or demolish
What is to raze?
A speech given to other characters present on the stage.
What is a monologue?
An action word
What is a verb?
The moral or lesson of a story, expressed as a complete statement.
What is a theme?
THIS type of poem is usually a love poem, and the attitude changes toward the end in a 'turn' or 'volta'.
What is a sonnet?
Having no particular interest or concern for something. Like most students studying for a test in May ;)
What is indifference?
A comment made in the presence of other characters, but meant more for the audience than for the other players.
What is an aside?
The main argument an author is trying to make.
What is a claim?
The way an audience is supposed to feel when reading a story, poem, or other work of literature.
What is mood?
In his sonnets, Shakespeare usually ends with two paired lines, also called THIS.
What is a rhyming couplet?
Ordinary, moderate, or barely adequate.
What is mediocre?
A speech given by a character alone on the stage. Usually expresses personal thoughts or feelings.
What is a sololoquy?
The term for asking a question even though you don't intend to get an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
The author's attitude toward their subject is called this.
What is tone?
In poetry, the meter that includes TEN syllables (or 5 pairs of syllables) per line.
What is Iambic Pentameter?
Identifying an opposing argument, and explaining why they are wrong (2 terms).
Counterclaim AND Rebuttal
This is considered a purpose or benefit of including dramatic elements in a play.
Intentionally including bias in an argument to help sway your reader (as by including strong or loaded language)
What is a logical fallacy?
(rhetorical device also accepted)
The implied meaning of a word is called this.
What is connotation?
In narrative writing, blocks of text are called paragraphs. In poetry they are called THIS.
What is a stanza?
someone or something that is widely known for its bad behavior or qualities
What is notorious?