Dramatic Elements Vocabulary

"Ms. Sharp had blue eyes and brown hair," is an example of what type of characterization?

• Indirect Characterization
• Direct Characterization
• Immediate Characterization
• Optional Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Exclaiming “oh great” after failing an exam

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The character is talking to him or herself completely alone on stage and allowing the audience access to his or her thoughts... This is an example of what?

• monologue
• soliloquy
• dialogue
• aside

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A conversation between two or more characters is called...

• dialogue
• verbal irony
• monologue
• aside

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The Act I Prologue of Romeo and Juliet, where it tells the viewers that the “star-cross’d lovers end their life,” but the characters don’t know it is an example of __________________.

• verbal irony
• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• comedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A lengthy speech by one character; audible to other characters on stage

• sermon
• toast
• soliloquy
• monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

These are found usually in parenthesis or italics and give extra information to the actors.

• Roles
• Aside
• Stage Directions
• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

This is when a character interacts directly with the audience...

• Dialogue
• Monologue
• Soliloquy
• Aside

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The townspeople in The Beauty and the Beast are an example of what type of character?

• Flat 
• Round

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3