Romeo And Juliet- Dramatic ElementS

Question 1

Each time the setting in an act changes, the scene changes.

Answer 1

Scene

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Aside

Question 3

Struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of the plot

Answer 3

Conflict

Question 4

Exists within the character

Answer 4

Internal conflict

Question 5

Exists outside the character

Answer 5

External conflict

Question 6

Literature meant to be performed for an audience

Answer 6

Drama

Question 7

How the characters feel about their situation

Answer 7

Mood

Question 8

How the author feels about his characters and subject matter

Answer 8

Tone

Question 9

In Shakespeare’s plays the narrator

Answer 9

Chorus

Question 10

The sequence of Action in a story

Answer 10

Plot

Question 11

The time and place a story takes place

Answer 11

Setting

Question 12

A speech one character makes alone on the stage (thinking out loud)

Answer 12

Soliloquy

Question 13

A speech one character makes that is directed to other characters

Answer 13

Monologue

Question 14

Something small representing something large

Answer 14

Symbol

Question 15

The authors message to a reader

Answer 15

Theme

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Tragedy

Question 17

The audience tacitly agrees to set aside disbelief

Answer 17

Willing suspension of disbelief

Question 18

When the audience knows singing that the characters don’t

Answer 18

Dramatic irony

Question 19

A major unit of action in a play, comparable to a chapter in a book

Answer 19

Act

Question 20

Where does it take place

Answer 20

Verona, Italy late 1200s early 1300s