Romeo and Juliet Dramatic Elements

Question 1

Act

Answer 1

Major unit of action in play (chapter in book)

Question 2

Scene

Answer 2

Each time setting changes, scene changes (several in each act)

Question 3

Aside

Answer 3

Remark spoken in undertone, meant only for audience (comedy purpose)

Question 4

Conflict

Answer 4

Struggle between opposing forces (basis of plot)

Question 5

Internal/External conflict

Answer 5

Exists within/outside the character

Question 6

Drama

Answer 6

Literature meant to be preformed for audience

Question 7

Mood

Answer 7

How characters feel about situation

Question 8

Tone

Answer 8

How author feels about characters, subjects

Question 9

Chorus

Answer 9

Narrator (Shakespear’s plays)

Question 10

Plot

Answer 10

Sequence of ACTION in story (exposition, rising action, climax, etc.) (can occur multiple times)

Question 10

Setting

Answer 10

Time, place story takes place (Verona, 1200s-1300s)

Question 11

Soliloquy

Answer 11

Speech character makes alone on stage (thinking out loud)

Question 12

Monologue

Answer 12

Speech character makes directed to others

Question 13

Symbol

Answer 13

Something small representing something large

Question 14

Theme

Answer 14

Author’s message to reader

Question 15

Tragedy

Answer 15

Drama that starts calm/comedy, ends in tragedy/violence

Question 16

Willing Suspension of Disbelief

Answer 16

Audience tacitly agrees to set aside disbelief

Question 17

Dramatic Irony

Answer 17

When audience knows something characters don’t