ENG1300 Chapter 34/37

Question 1

Foreshadowing

Answer 1

Arranging events and information so that late events are prepared for beforehand.

Question 2

Soliloquy

Answer 2

Aka a monologue. Provides insight into characters inner life.

Question 3

Stage Business

Answer 3

Expresses what cannot be said.

Question 4

Theme

Answer 4

The general point or truth about human beings.

Question 5

Double point

Answer 5

Also known as subplot, secondary story lines.

Question 6

Dramatic Question

Answer 6

Addresses the primary unresolved issue in a drama as it unfolds.

Question 7

Unities

Answer 7

Three formal qualities recommended by Renaissance critics.

Question 8

Chorus

Answer 8

A group of citizens who stand to one side of the action and converse with the main characters and the audience.

Question 9

Crisis

Answer 9

Often marks turning point or reversal of protagonist’s fortunes.

Question 10

Groundlings

Answer 10

Audience members who paid a penny to stand in the yard of the theater.

Question 11

Exposition

Answer 11

Opening portion of narrative/drama.

Question 12

Globe Theater

Answer 12

Was reconstructed in London (1997). Most celebrated of Elizabethan theaters.

Question 13

Resolution

Answer 13

Also called a Denouement.

Question 14

Conventions

Answer 14

Typical and recognizable devices that an audience is willing to accept.

Question 15

Conflict

Answer 15

Central struggle between two or more forces.

Question 16

Lord Chamberlain’s Men

Answer 16

Theatrical company that Shakespeare belonged to.

Question 17

Play

Answer 17

A work of storytelling in which actions represent the characters.

Question 18

Climax

Answer 18

Moment of greatest intensity.

Question 19

Plot

Answer 19

Refers to whatever happens in a story.

Question 20

Aside

Answer 20

When characters address the audience directly.