Drama Vocab

Question 1

Drama

Answer 1

A story written to be performed by actors

Question 2

Playwright

Answer 2

The title given to the author of the play

Question 3

Act

Answer 3

A main division of a drama

Question 4

Scene

Answer 4

A subdivision of of an act in which no shift of time or location happen

Question 5

Aside

Answer 5

A brief remark, made by a character, meant to be heard by the audience

Question 6

Soliloquy

Answer 6

A speech delivered by a character, who is alone on stage, to know what is going on in their mind

Question 7

Dramatic irony

Answer 7

The tension created when the audience knows something that the characters don’t

Question 8

Tragedy

Answer 8

A subcategory of drama in which the main character dies in the end

Question 9

Oxymoron

Answer 9

A figure of speech the combines contracting terms

Question 10

Metaphor

Answer 10

A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another

Question 11

Malapropisms

Answer 11

Misusing words in a humorous way

Question 12

Pun

Answer 12

A play on words based on different meanings of words that sound alike

Question 13

Innuendo

Answer 13

An indirect, subtle, usually insulting hint