Dramatic Elements

Question 1

Act

Answer 1

A major unit of action in a play

Question 2

Scene

Answer 2

Each time the setting in an act changes,the Scene changes. There are several scenes in an act. Act1 Scene 2 or 1.2

Question 3

Aside

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Conflict

Answer 4

Struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of the plot

Question 5

Drama

Answer 5

Literature meant to be performed for an audience

Question 6

Mood

Answer 6

How the characters feel about their situation

Question 7

Tone

Answer 7

How the author feels about his characters and subject matter

Question 8

Chorus

Answer 8

In Shakespeare’s play the chorus is the narrator

Question 9

Plot

Answer 9

The sequence of action in a story:exposition rosin action climax falling action and resolution.

Question 10

Setting

Answer 10

the time and place a story takes place

Question 11

Soliloquy

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Monologue

Answer 12

A speech one character makes that is directed to other characters

Question 13

Symbol

Answer 13

Something small that represents something large

Question 14

Theme

Answer 14

The authors message to a reader

Question 15

Tragedy

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Willing Suspension of Disbelief

Answer 16

The audience tacitly agrees to set aside disbelief

Question 17

Dramatic Irony

Answer 17

When the audience knows something that the characters don’t