Dramatic Elements

Question 1

Scene

Answer 1

Each time the setting in an act changes

Question 2

Aside

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Conflict

Answer 3

Struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of the plot

Internal - exists within the character
External - 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 situation

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

How the author feels about his characters and subject matter

Question 7

Chorus

Answer 7

In shake spears plays the chorus is the narrator

Question 8

Plot

Answer 8

The sequence of action in a story

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

Time and place a story takes place

Question 10

Monologue

Answer 10

A speech one character makes thst is directed to others

Question 11

Symbol

Answer 11

Something small representing something large

Question 12

Theme

Answer 12

The authors message to a reader

Question 13

Tragedy

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Willing suspension of disbelief

Answer 14

The audience tacitly agrees to set aside disbelief

Question 15

Dramatic irony

Answer 15

When the audience knows something that the characters dont

Question 16

Act

Answer 16

A major unit of action in a play (chapter)