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 and is meant only for the audience.

Question 3

Conflict

Answer 3

Struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of the plot.

Question 4

Internal Conflict

Answer 4

Exists within the character

Question 5

External Conflict

Answer 5

Exists outside the character

Question 6

Drama

Answer 6

Literature meant to be performed for an audience.

Question 7

Mood

Answer 7

How the characters feel about their situation.

Question 8

Tone

Answer 8

How the author feels about his characters and subject matter.

Question 9

Chorus

Answer 9

In Shakespeare’s plays the chorus is the narrator.

Question 10

Plot

Answer 10

The sequence of ACTION in a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

Question 11

Setting

Answer 11

The time and place a story takes place.

Question 12

Soliloquy

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Monologue

Answer 13

A speech one character makes that is directed to other characters.

Question 14

Symbol

Answer 14

Something small representing something large.

Question 15

Theme

Answer 15

The author’s message to a reader.

Question 16

Tragedy

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Willing Suspension of Disbelief

Answer 17

The audience tacitly agrees to set aside disbelief.

Question 18

Dramatic Irony

Answer 18

When the audience knows something that the characters don’t.

Question 19

Act

Answer 19

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