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. Act 1, scene 2 or 1.2

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.
internal-exists within the character
external- 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

act

Answer 8

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

Question 9

plot

Answer 9

the sequence of ACTION in a story: exposition, rising action, climax falling action and resolution (conflict can occur multiple times in the play)

Question 10

setting

Answer 10

the time and place the story takes place

Question 11

soliloquy

Answer 11

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

Question 12

monologue

Answer 12

a speech one character makes that is directed to other characters

Question 13

symbol

Answer 13

something small representing something large

Question 14

theme

Answer 14

the author’s message to the reader

Question 15

tragedy

Answer 15

a drama that starts in calm or comedy and ends up in tragedy and violence

Question 16

willing suspension of disbelief

Answer 16

the audience tacitly decides to set aside disbelief

Question 17

dramatic irony

Answer 17

when the audience knows something the characters don’t