Dramatic Elements

Question 1

Scene

Answer 1

Each time the setting in an act changes, the scene changes. These are several scenes in each act. (Scenery changes so does scene)

Question 2

Aside

Answer 2

An aside is a remark that is spoken in an undertone and is meant only for the audience (comic purposes-spoken to audience to mock another character)

Question 3

Conflict

Answer 3

Struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of the plot.
Internal Conflict- exists within the character
External Conflict- exists outside the character

Question 4

Drama

Answer 4

Literature meant to be performed for an audience (acting not actually feeling)

Question 5

Mood

Answer 5

How the characters feel about their situation

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, resolution

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

The time and place a story takes place (Verona Italy)

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 other 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

Question 17

Act

Answer 17

A major unit of action In a play, comparable to a chapter in a book (how a play is divided)