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Drama Terms Quiz

A tragedy is:

A long speech by one character with other characters on stage listening is a:

Benvolio is to Tybalt as character is to _____________.

Ordinary spoken or written language is called:

True or False: Dramatic Irony exists when the character knows something that the audience does not know.

True or False: An aside is a long speech by a character on stage:

Verse written in unryhmed iambic pentameter is:

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry is called:

A devise that a playwright uses to present a dramatic performance on stage that the audience accepts as realistic is called:

A _______________ is a lyric poem of fourteen lines.

________________ introduces the action of a play. It is usually at the beginning and literally means "first words".

A is a long speech by a character on stage with other characters there listening while a __ is a long speech by a character who is alone on stage with no other characters listening.

_______________ is poetry written in rhymed iambic pentameter.

A comment by a character that the audience hears but other characters on stage do not is called:

Servants in Romeo and Juliet will most likely speak in:

The analysis of rhythm in a line of verse is called:

In Romeo and Juliet, prose is:

A person or group of people who recite the prologue:

A(n) __________________ often signals the end of a scene in Romeo and Juliet:

Lady Capulet comes to see Juliet in Act III, scene 5 to bring news of the arranged wedding to Paris. She tells Juliet that too much grief and weeping is not good. Then she tells Juliet that she will send a man to Mantua to poison Romeo, which only makes Juliet cry more. This is an example of:

Verse is another word for:

A rhymed couplet is:

Drama Terms Quiz

A tragedy is:

A long speech by one character with other characters on stage listening is a:

Benvolio is to Tybalt as character is to _____________.

Ordinary spoken or written language is called:

True or False: Dramatic Irony exists when the character knows something that the audience does not know.

True or False: An aside is a long speech by a character on stage:

Verse written in unryhmed iambic pentameter is:

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry is called:

A devise that a playwright uses to present a dramatic performance on stage that the audience accepts as realistic is called:

A _______________ is a lyric poem of fourteen lines.

________________ introduces the action of a play. It is usually at the beginning and literally means "first words".

A ____________is a long speech by a character on stage with other characters there listening while a ______________ is a long speech by a character who is alone on stage with no other characters listening.

_______________ is poetry written in rhymed iambic pentameter.

A comment by a character that the audience hears but other characters on stage do not is called:

Servants in Romeo and Juliet will most likely speak in:

The analysis of rhythm in a line of verse is called:

In Romeo and Juliet, prose is:

A person or group of people who recite the prologue:

A(n) __________________ often signals the end of a scene in Romeo and Juliet:

Lady Capulet comes to see Juliet in Act III, scene 5 to bring news of the arranged wedding to Paris. She tells Juliet that too much grief and weeping is not good. Then she tells Juliet that she will send a man to Mantua to poison Romeo, which only makes Juliet cry more. This is an example of:

Verse is another word for:

A rhymed couplet is:

A is a long speech by a character on stage with other characters there listening while a __ is a long speech by a character who is alone on stage with no other characters listening.