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Drama Terms

Drama Terms. Shakespearean Drama. Types of Drama. Tragedy- a drama that ends in catastrophe-most often death-events usually set in motion by the tragic hero or fate. -Shakespeare also provided Comic Relief -humorous scene, incident, or speech to relieve emotional intensity.

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Drama Terms

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  1. Drama Terms Shakespearean Drama

  2. Types of Drama • Tragedy- a drama that ends in catastrophe-most often death-events usually set in motion by the tragic hero or fate. -Shakespeare also provided Comic Relief-humorous scene, incident, or speech to relieve emotional intensity. • Comedy- A Shakespearean comedy is one that has a happy ending, usually involving marriage for all the unmarried characters, and a tone and style that is more lighthearted than Shakespeare's other plays.

  3. Tragic Hero • The main character, tragic hero, is usually someone who is nobly born and has much influence but has a tragic flaw • Tragic Flaw -a weakness or serious error in judgment-that leads to his downfall

  4. Basic Drama Parts • Dialogue- conversations between characters in a literary work • Stage Directions- instructions written by the dramatist to describe the appearance and actions of the characters as well as sets, costumes, and lighting • Both of these are included in the script -the written form of the play

  5. Foil A character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character in the same work.— ---Exact Opposites—used to highlight other character’s traits/attitudes

  6. Dramatic Conventions Devices that a playwright uses to present a story on stage that the audience accepts as realistic.

  7. Soliloquies Long speeches spoken by a character who is alone on stage. The speech usually reveals the private thoughts and emotions of the character.

  8. Asides In a play, comments made by a character either to the audience or to another character, that others on stage are not supposed to hear. Its purpose is to reveal the character’s private thoughts.

  9. Monologues Long speeches made by a character in a play

  10. Irony • Dramatic Irony -Occurs when the audience has important information that characters in a literary work do not have • Verbal Irony – words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

  11. Allusions • Allusion- a reference, within a work, to something the audience is supposed to know • Shakespeare’s plays contain allusions to ancient Greek and Roman mythology and to the Bible.

  12. Pun Pun -A play on words, or a joke based on words with several meanings or words that sound alike but have different meanings Ex. Vampires Suck Geology Rocks

  13. FORESHADOWING • The use of clues that suggest events that have will happen later, helps create suspense and keeps readers wondering what will happen next.

  14. Oxymoron – Two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. The common oxymoron phrase is a combination of an adjective proceeded by a noun with contrasting meanings. • Open secret • Seriously funny • Awfully pretty • Foolish wisdom • Original copies • Liquid gas • Living death • Cruel kindness

  15. Paradox– a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. • Truth is honey which is bitter. • Nobody goes to that restaurant because it is too crowded. • The beginning of the end • Drowning in the fountain of eternal life Hint: Oxymoron – Two contradictory words side by side. Paradox – A contradictory phrase.

  16. Apostrophe A character addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing. “Curse you, homework!”

  17. anachronism A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.

  18. Anaphorathe first word or series of words in a phrase, sentence, or clause repeats itself for emphasis. • “This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kingsThis land of such dear souls, this dear dear land,” Epistrophe - repetition happens at the end of the phrase/ sentence/ clause. • “There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem.”

  19. Asyndeton - a list or a series in which no and is used at all, rather the items are separated by commas • The air was thick, warm, heavy, sluggish. • Polysyndeton - conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession • He was offered beer, and gin, and tea, and coffee, and what not.

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