Dramatic Techniques

1. Dramatic Techniques are all the devices that a playwright uses to represent their ideas or thoughts.

• True

• False

The playwright is using the following technique when the audience knows something that the characters are unaware of

• Situational Irony

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Aside

• Dramatic Irony

This is a brief remark by a character revealing his thoughts or feelings to the audience, unheard by the other characters on stage.

• Soliloquy

• Dramatic Monologue

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Aside

Whenever a character says the opposite of what he or she means then he or she is using _________________.

• Sarcasm

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Pathetic Fallacy

Whenever nature mirrors how a character is feeling, the playwright is using _______________.

• Imagery

• Dramatic Irony

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Symbolism

A literary device used in drama which is characterized by a long speech delivered or presented by an individual character.

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Dialogue

• Aside

A device where the character relates his or her thoughts or feelings to him/herself and to the audience without addressing any of the other characters

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

These are the instructions given in a place that informs the audience about the time and date of the play and the characters' mood or feelings

• Instructional Guide

• Observation Maps

• Stage Directions

• Navigational Guides or Directives

A literary device that provides a hint of impending events is _________________.

• symbolism

• pathetic fallacy

• dramatic irony

• foreshadowing

This is used to provide meaning to the writing beyond what is actually being described.

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

• Symbolism