Keystone Pretest #8, Unit 3 vocab

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What is drama?

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Works intended for performance by actors.

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What is a monologue?

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An extended speech by one speaker, to others or alone.

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Soliloquy: A dramatic speech revealing inner thoughts, spoken aloud by one character alone on stage.

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A dramatic speech, revealing inner thoughts and feelings, spoken aloud by one character while entirely alone on the stage.

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Dramatic script?

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Written text of a play, including dialogue and stage directions.

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Stage direction:

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An instruction in a play's script guiding actors or detailing scenery, movements, or line intonation.

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Literary form: overall structure or shape of a work, often following an established design. Can refer to literary types (narrative, short story) or patterns of meter, lines, and rhymes (stanza, verse).

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Overall structure or shape of a work that frequently follows an established design. Forms may refer to a literary type (narrative, short story) or to patterns of meter, lines, and rhymes (stanza, verse).

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What is poetry?

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Text that presents ideas and evokes emotions using meter, imagery, and layered meanings. It often has a rhythmic structure and appeals to the senses.

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Transgression?

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Violation of a law, command, or duty.

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Pernicious:

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Harmful effect, especially gradual or subtle.

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Augment means:

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to make larger, increase