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Drama Terms
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English
10th Grade
06/22/2010

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Dramatic Irony
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A situation that depends on the audience knowing something that a character has not relized
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Aside
Definition
A remark usually in a play that is inteded to be heard by the audience but is supose to be unheard by the other characters
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Comic Relief
Definition
The use of comic scene to interrupt a serious of intensely tragic dramatic moments
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Comedy
Definition
In general a litery piece that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and tends to resolve the conflic happily
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Foil
Definition
a person or thing that contrasts strongy with another and therefore makes the qualities of the other more signifigant or ovbious
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Gesture
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The physical movement of a character during a play used to reveal another character may include facial expressions as well as movements of other parts of an actors body
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Tragedy
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In General, a literaly work in which the protagonist means an unhappy end
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Props
Definition
Articles or objects that appear on stage during a play
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Soliloque
Definition
A speech in which a character is alone on the stage and addresses himself or heself letting the character know thoughs and feelingas
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Tragic Flow
Definition
Weakness or limitation of a character resulting in the fall of a tragic hero
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Drama
Definition
A play for theatre radio or televios
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Contrast
Definition
Compare in such a way as to emphasize differences for example "She was tall in contrast to her older siser who couldnt even reach the top of the bookself"
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mood
Definition
the atmosphere of the play
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Blank verse
Definition
Unrhymed rhythems of aenglish speech
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direct presentation
Definition
The reader is told exactly what the character is like"
She is a very caring person"
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Indirect Presentation
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When a writer depicts a character or event and the reader must figure out the meaning
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