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A prologue is a section of a novel that summarizes the entire story.
A prologue is a section of a novel that summarizes the entire story.
False (B)
A soliloquy is a conversation between two characters on stage.
A soliloquy is a conversation between two characters on stage.
False (B)
In Shakespearean plays, a chorus is a group of masked male dancers who sing or chant.
In Shakespearean plays, a chorus is a group of masked male dancers who sing or chant.
True (A)
A comedy is a literary work that always ends with a tragic event.
A comedy is a literary work that always ends with a tragic event.
Romeo and Juliet is a comedy.
Romeo and Juliet is a comedy.
A tragedy is a form of drama that is meant to be humorous.
A tragedy is a form of drama that is meant to be humorous.
The prologue of Romeo and Juliet is in the form of a sonnet.
The prologue of Romeo and Juliet is in the form of a sonnet.
A pun is a type of poem that uses a specific rhyme scheme.
A pun is a type of poem that uses a specific rhyme scheme.
Choruses are commonly found in modern plays.
Choruses are commonly found in modern plays.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a tragedy.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a tragedy.
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Study Notes
Drama Terminology
- Drama: A work designed to be represented on a stage by actors, or a serious play dealing with an important problem.
- Dramatic Form: The organization of a script, including speaker lists, speech, and stage directions.
Play Structure
- Dramatis Personae: A list of characters in a play, provided at the beginning of the script.
- Act: A chunk of action in a play, often divided into scenes; Shakespeare's plays have five acts.
- Scene: A division of action within an act, denoted by a small Roman numeral.
- Line: A single line of writing in a play, noted with Arabic numbers.
Literary Devices
- Pathetic Fallacy: An artistic device where Nature reflects a character's feelings and/or the mood of the events in the literature.
- Stage Direction: A direction by the playwright to the actors in the script, indicating how to speak and move during a particular line or scene.
- Monologue: A single fictional speaker gives an extended speech, revealing their personality and significant life events.
- Dialogue: Spoken exchanges between two or more speakers in a play.
Dramatic Techniques
- Dramatic Irony: When a character says something, but the audience knows more than the character does about other characters or events.
- Aside: When a character says something privately to another character while others are on stage, or to the audience.
- Comic Relief: A humorous scene, incident, or remark within a serious or tragic drama, providing relief from tension.
- Prologue: An opening section of a longer work, establishing character, theme, action, or setting.
Literary Terms
- Blank Verse: Unrhymed iambic pentameter, commonly used in Shakespeare's plays.
- Pun: A play on words with multiple meanings.
- Soliloquy: A character speaking their true thoughts and feelings while alone on stage.
- Chorus: Originally a group of masked male dancers, now often a single figure, speaking or chanting as part of ceremonies in Greek drama.
Genre Classification
- Comedy: A literary work, especially a play, with a happy ending, often featuring misunderstandings and mistaken identity.
- Tragedy: A form of drama exciting pity and/or fear in the audience, typically involving persons of stature and a reversal of Fortune, providing catharsis or emotional cleansing.
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