Drama terminology

when a character is alone on stage and tells us how they feel or what they are thinking

• aside

• soliloquy

• tragedy

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

a reference to another piece of literature or a current or historical event

• allusion

• aside

• dramatic irony

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

the villain or bad guy

• protagonist

• tragic hero

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

characters who are opposite in actions and thoughts from one another

• antagonist

• situational irony

• protagonist

• foil

saying one thing but meaning another

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• tragic irony

• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

when the audience knows something the characters don't know

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

main character and good guy

• tragic hero/antagonist

• foil

• tragic hero/protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A plot structure includes... in this order:  Exposition, rising action, _______________, falling action and _______________.

• resolution and climax
• climax and resolution
• more falling action
• dialogue and setting

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Conversation between two or more characters

• Monologue
• Dialect
• Conversation
• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

One person speaking

• Monologue
• Dialogue
• Dialect
• Language

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6