Romeo and Juliet : Dramatic Elements

Question 1

Scene

Answer 1

Each time the setting in an act changes, the scene changes. There are several scenes in each act.

Question 2

Aside

Answer 2

An aside is a remark that is spoken in an undertone that is meant only for the audience

Question 3

Conflict

Answer 3

Struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of the plot
Internal Conflict - Exists within character
External Conflict- Exists outside the character

Question 4

Drama

Answer 4

Literature meant to be performed for an audience

Question 5

Mood

Answer 5

How the characters feel about their situation

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

How the author feels about his characters and subject matter

Question 7

Chorus

Answer 7

In Shakespeare’s plays the chorus is the narrator

Question 8

Plot

Answer 8

The sequence of ACTION in a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution(conflict occurs multiple times in the plot)

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

the time and place a story takes place

Question 10

Soliloquy

Answer 10

A speech one character makes alone on the stage

Question 11

Monologue

Answer 11

A speech one character makes that is directed to other characters

Question 12

Symbol

Answer 12

Something small representing something large

Question 13

Theme

Answer 13

The authors message to a reader

Question 14

Tragedy

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Dramatic Irony

Answer 15

When the audience knows something that the characters don’t

Question 16

Willing Suspension of Disbelief

Answer 16

The audience tacitly agrees to set aside disbelief

Question 17

Act

Answer 17

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