dramatic elements

Question 0

Scene

Answer 0

each time the setting in an act changes,the scene changes. There are several scenes in each act, Act I, Scene 2 or 1.2

Question 1

Act

Answer 1

a major unit of action in a play, comparable to chapter in a book

Question 2

Aside

Answer 2

an aside is a remark that is spoken in an undertone and is meant only for the audience

Question 3

⭐️-Confict
Internal Conflict
External Conflict

Answer 3

struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of the plot
Exists within the character
Exists outside the character

Question 4

Drama

Answer 4

literature meant to be performed for an audience

Question 5

Mood

Answer 5

how the characters feel about their situations

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

how the author feels about his characters and subject matter

Question 7

chorus

Answer 7

In Shakespeare’s plays the chorus is the narrator

Question 8

Plot

Answer 8

the sequence of ACTION in a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. ( Conflict can occur multiple times in the plot.)

Question 9

setting

Answer 9

the time and place a story takes place

Question 10

soliloquy

Answer 10

a speech one character makes alone on the stage (thinking out loud.)

Question 11

monologue

Answer 11

a speech one character makes that is directed to characters

Question 12

symbol

Answer 12

something small representing something large

Question 13

theme

Answer 13

the author’s message to a reader

Question 14

tragedy

Answer 14

a drama that starts in calm or comedy and ends in tragedy and violence

Question 15

Willing suspension of Disbelief

Answer 15

the audience tacitly agrees to set aside disbelief

Question 16

Dramatic Irony

Answer 16

when the audience knows something that the characters don’t