Literary Terms 5

Question 0

Dramatic Climax

Answer 0

Moment of greatest emotional tension in drama

Question 1

Revenge Tragedy

Answer 1

Dramatic tragedy that consists of a murder that has to be avenged by relative of victim

Question 2

Technical Climax

Answer 2

Turning point in a drama at which the rising action reverses to become falling action

Question 3

Foil

Answer 3

Character in a work whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character in order to highlight distinctive temperament of that character

Question 4

Comic Relief

Answer 4

Humorous scene/incident that alleviates tension in an otherwise serious work

Question 5

Aside

Answer 5

In drama, speech (directed to audience) that is not audible to other characters onstage

Question 6

Blank Verse

Answer 6

Unrhymed iambic pentameter: 5 iambs/line: ten syllables with accents on even syllables

Question 7

Dumb Show

Answer 7

Part of play given in pantomime

Question 8

Heroic Couplet

Answer 8

Two consecutive lines of poetry in iambic pentameter that rhyme

Question 9

Soliloquy

Answer 9

Dramatic convention by means of which a character, alone onstage, utters thoughts aloud