Drama and Poetry Techniques Quiz

A play, novel, or narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end (usually death).

A short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot.

<p>Direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use (not poetry).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fourteen-line poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Speech using characteristics of familiar and informal conversation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Words which let the audience interpret the words in one way while the characters interpret them differently.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A play on the multiple meanings of a word or words that sound alike but have different meanings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group who says things at the same time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A speech by one character in a play.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Words spoken by a character to the audience but not overheard by others on stage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An event or detail that is inaccurate for the time period.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When a writer or speaker says one thing but means something completely different.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When the audience knows something important that a character in a play or story does not.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A character used as a contrast to another character.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A combination of contradictory terms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Humor added that lessens the seriousness of the plot.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A character who doesn't change much in the course of the story.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A character who changes as a result of the story's events.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An overblown, almost ridiculous metaphor comparing two extremely different things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A person, situation, or action having seemingly contradictory qualities or phrases.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A flaw in a character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A purifying or purging that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A recurring thematic element, especially a dominant idea or central theme.</p> Signup and view all the answers