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Elements of Drama
Ms. Skinner Elements of Drama
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9th Grade
02/09/2011

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Irony: Verbal
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Occurs when a person says one thing but means something completly different
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Irony: Situational
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Occurs when what happens is the opposite of what is expected to happen
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Irony: Dramatic
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Occurs when the reader knows something the characters don't. (Horror Movie)
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Irony: Dramatic
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Occurs when the reader knows something the characters don't. (Horror Movie)
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Character: Flat
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One-dimensional character. He or she is not devoloped in the story
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Character: Round
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Character who develops in the story. Character who is shown in many lights
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Character: Static
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Character who stays fundamentally the same throughout the work
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Character: Dynamic
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Character who undergoes a permanent change in some aspect of character or outlook
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Character: Foil
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A minor character whose situation or actions parallel those of a major character, and thus by contrast sets off or illuminates the major character. Most often the contrast is complimtary to the major character.
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Character: Go-Between
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A character who acts as a mediator (or go-between) between two characters. (Messenger) (nurse in Romeo and Juliet)
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Oxymoron
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A figure of speech that combines opposite terms. E.g ("sweet sorrow", "loving hate")
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Paradox
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A statement that seems wrong but that actually may be true. E.g " Deceit should dwell in such a goreous place)
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Allusion
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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. (Greek and Roman mythology)
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Personification
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A tupe of figurative language in which a non-human subject if given human characteristics.
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Pun
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The humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meaning at the same time. E.g ('We've run out of lemons', she said bitterly.)
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Foreshadowing
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The use of hints or clues to sugges what action is to come
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Hyperbole
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Over exaggeration; A deliberate exxageration or overstatement
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Theme
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The main idea of a work
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Imagery
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Language that appeals to any sense or any combination of the senses
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Apostrophe
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A direct address to a dead person or to an inanimate object. Allows the speaker to think aloud.
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Aside
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A short speech delivered by an actor in a play. Traditionally, the aside is directed to the audience and is presumed to be inaudible to the other actors
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Dialogue
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A conversation between characters. It is used to reveal character and advance action.
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Monologue
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A speech by one character in a play, story, or poem
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Prologue
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A section of introductory material before the drama begins
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Soliloquy
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A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character. Alone on the stage.
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Couplet
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Two consecutive lines of poetry that ryme
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Heroic Couplet
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Two consecutive rhyming lines of iambic pentameter
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Sonnet
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A 14-line poem writtern in iambic pentameter that can be broken into 3 quatrains and a ryming couplet.
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Stanza
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A group of lines whose metrical pattern is repeated throughout the poem
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Meter/Foot
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the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in a verse
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