Literacy terms/ drama devices

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The repetition of initial sounds in words.

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

A reference to a famous person, place, or event. (Deception of someone)

Question 3

Apostrophe

Answer 3

Character addressing an absent person, object or area as if it were present (talking to nothing).

Question 4

Dramatic Irony

Answer 4

When the reader/audience knows more than the character.

Question 5

Foil

Answer 5

Similar situation but react differently

Question 6

Hyperbole

Answer 6

An extreme exaggeration.

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

A direct comparison between two or more things; does not use “like” or “as”.

Question 8

Anagnorisis / Recognition

Answer 8

A moment in the play when a character self-understands or discovers

Question 9

Aside

Answer 9

A short quick comment said by a character, in the midst of other characters on stage, not heard by them

Question 10

Monologue

Answer 10

A long, uninterrupted speech delivered by a character while in the midst of other characters on stage, and heard by them.

Question 11

Peripeteia / Reversal

Answer 11

Reversal of fortune to the protagonist-from good to bad, or bad to good)

Question 12

Soliloquy

Answer 12

A long, uninterrupted speech delivered by a character who is alone on stage and thinking thoughts out loud.

Question 13

Blank Verse

Answer 13

• Each line begins with a capital letter
• Formal
• 10 syllables

Question 14

Prose

Answer 14

Informal
casual conversation
Not capital for each line

Question 15

Anecdote

Answer 15

A short account of a true event in the author’s life

Question 16

Cacophony

Answer 16

The use of sounds that are unpleasant to the ear

Question 17

Anecdote

Answer 17

A short account of a true event in the author’s life.

Question 18

Cacophony

Answer 18

The use of sounds that are unpleasant to the ear

Question 19

Irony

Answer 19

When an event or outcome is contrary to what would naturally be expected; a strange coincidence.

Question 20

Metaphor

Answer 20

Direct comparison that does not use as, or like.

Question 21

Oxymoron

Answer 21

Two words right beside each other with opposite meanings.

Question 22

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 22

The attribution of human emotions and characteristics to nature or inanimate objects.