1) a division within a play, much like chapters of a novel a) act b) scene c) aside 2) lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience a) cast b) dialogue c) aside 3) a list of characters presented before the action begins a) cast b) soliloquy c) stage directions 4) a person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play a) chorus b) tragic hero c) dialogue 5) a humorous work of drama a) tragedy b) comedy c) scene 6) conversation between two or more characters a) monologue b) soliloquy c) dialogue 7) a work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience a) tragedy b) drama c) comedy 8) in a tragedy, a break in the seriousness for a moment of comedy or silliness a) comic relief b) tragic hero c) scene 9) a character who is nearly opposite of another character; the purpose of a foil (a.k.a. character foil) is to reveal a stark contrast between the two characters, often the protagonist and antagonist a) foil b) tragic hero c) aside 10) a long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to the audience a) soliloquy b) aside c) monologue 11) a division of an act into smaller parts a) scene b) stage directions c) act 12) thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone, or thinks that he is alone. a) aside b) soliloquy c) monologue 13) italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or costumes, give further information about a character, or provide background information; in Shakespeare’s plays, they can also appear in brackets, parenthesis, and/or half-brackets  a) cast b) dialogue c) stage directions 14) a serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of his own actions a) comedy b) tragedy c) comic relief 15) a protagonist with a fatal flaw that eventually leads to his demise a) foil character b) tragic hero c) cast

Elements of Drama

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