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Dramatic Terms

Dramatic Terms. These are general dramatic terms you will have to know Examples given pertain to “Julius Caesar”. Dialogue. Conversation between two or more actors. Dramatic Irony. When the audience knows something the characters don’t know. Aside.

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Dramatic Terms

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  1. Dramatic Terms • These are general dramatic terms you will have to know • Examples given pertain to “Julius Caesar”

  2. Dialogue • Conversation between two or more actors

  3. Dramatic Irony • When the audience knows something the characters don’t know

  4. Aside • Words spoken in an undertone not meant to be heard by everyone on stage

  5. Monologue • Long, uninterrupted speech made by one character • example: Mark Antony’s funeral oration

  6. Soliloquy • Long speech made by one character alone on stage> The audience may learn the thoughts of character (thinking out loud) • example> Mark Antony alone with Caesar’s body

  7. Personification • Giving human qualities to something not human - figurative language • example> “The heart is thirsty for that noble pledge.”

  8. Simile • Comparison of two unlike things using “as, like, or than” • example> “I am as constant as the Northern Star.”

  9. Metaphor • Direct comparison • example> “I am the Northern Star.”

  10. Hyperbole • Over exaggeration • example>” I’m so hungry I could eat a cow!!”

  11. Dramatic Structure • Introduction • Characters • Setting • Conflict • Julius Caesar> Act I

  12. Rising Action • Complications • Julius Caesar> Brutus joins the conspiracy • planning of the assassination

  13. Climax • Highest point of interest>everything begins to unravel from here • Assassination of Caesar • Mark Antony’s funeral speech

  14. Falling Action • Events continue to unravel and begin to move towards a resolution • Mark Antony, Octavius, Brutus and Cassius • Armies established

  15. Resolution • Things are “tied together”. All pieces of the puzzle are put together. May NOT be a happy ending. • Mark Antony avenges Caesar • Brutus dies • Cassius dies • Brutus honored

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