Spring 2024 Semester Review (Lit+Drama Terms))

A lengthy speech in which one character addresses all others

• monologue

• dialogue

• aside

• soliloquy

Answer explanation

For example, when Prince Escalus is addressing/yelling at the whole street fighting in the first scene of Romeo and Juliet, he is giving a monologue.

The conversation between two or more actors

• monologue

• dialogue

• aside

• soliloquy

Answer explanation

Two characters having a conversation is dialogue.

a long speech revealing a character's thoughts (alone)

• monologue

• dialogue

• aside

• soliloquy

Answer explanation

For example, Juliet revealing her feelings about Romeo during the Balcony Scene is considered a soliloquy because she is revealing her thoughts alone and out loud to the audience.

a brief remark revealing one's thoughts

• monologue

• dialogue

• aside

• soliloquy

Answer explanation

For example, when the Nurse reveals that Juliet's new love is actually a Montague, she mutters something to herself so that the Nurse cannot hear her.

series of events involving a problem

• theme

• drama

• plot + conflict

• tragedy

Answer explanation

This is a plot diagram. The conflict is introduced right after the exposition and it follows through the whole plot, which is the series of events.

a central idea presented in a play

• drama

• tragedy

• theme

• comedy

Answer explanation

Every piece of literary work has a theme.

a serious play without severe consequences

• tragedy

• fiction

• drama

• comedy

Answer explanation

A drama is a play without severe consequences. For example, Something Rotten, the musical put on by HHS this year, is a drama. There are no deaths in this performance.

a play in which the main character(s) suffer a major downfall

• tragedy

• fiction

• drama

• comedy

Answer explanation

The deaths of both Romeo and Juliet, the main characters of the play, make this play a tragedy.

instructions for performing the play and the descriptions of settings

• allusion

• comic relief

• character

• stage directions

Answer explanation

Stage directions tell the actors where to go/what to do and when to do it while also speaking.

a humorous play with a happy ending

• tragedy

• comedy

• drama

• aside

Answer explanation

For example, the musical for Mean Girls is a comedy. There are funny parts throughout the musical and there is a happy ending.