Vocab list 8 Flashcards
A part in the play where an actor speaks alone
monologue
The act, process, or manner of presenting a play
staging
The manuscript or one of various copies of written text of a play, movie or TV show
script
A succesion of metrical feet written, printed, or orallyt composed as one line, one of the lines of a poem
verse
An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or ryhme scheme, forming a division of a poem
stanza
a dramatic compsition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme
tragedy
private thoughts
counsel
the act of coming to a reasonable conclusion from facts or evidenve
inference
a class of a persons holding exceptional rank and privileges
aristocracy
a writer of plays
playwrite
the act of clarifying or explaining
illustration
inner stage separating the audience and the stage by a curtain
proscenium stage
confession to a priest
shrift
spoken by the chorus, which briefly summarize the play
prologue
peotry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
blank verse
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
couplets
punctuation at the end of a line of poety
end stop
a line of poetry without punctuation at the end
run on
A characer talks to himself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener
Soliloquy
a part of an actor’s line supposedly not heard y others on the stage and intended only for the audidence
aside
