Dramatic Elements

Question 0

Scene

Answer 0

Each time the setting in an act changes, the scene changes.

Question 1

Act

Answer 1

A major unit in a play, comparable to a chapter in a book

Question 2

Aside

Answer 2

A remark that is an unspoken under turn and is meant for the audience

Question 3

Conflict

Answer 3

Struggle between between opposing forces which is the basis of the plot

Question 4

Drama

Answer 4

Literature meant to be performed for an audience

Question 5

Mood

Answer 5

How the characters feel

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

How the author feels

Question 7

Chorus

Answer 7

Narrator

Question 8

Plot

Answer 8

The sequence of action in a story

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 stage thinking out loud

Question 11

Monologue

Answer 11

A speech one character makes that is directed to other characters

Question 12

Symbol

Answer 12

Something small representing something larger

Question 13

Theme

Answer 13

The authors message to a reader

Question 14

Tragedy

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Willing suspension of disbelief

Answer 15

The audience tactfully agrees to set aside disbelief

Question 16

Dramatic irony

Answer 16

When the audience knows something the characters dont