Drama literary terms Crossword
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
 
 
Down: 2) the information provided in addition to the dialogue to help a reader visualize the setting, characters, and action.3) a major division in the action of the play, comprising one or more *scenes. A break between acts between acts often coincides with a point at which the plot jumps ahead in time6) the setting forth of a systematic explanation of or argument about any subjects; or the opening part of a play or story, in which we are introduced to the characters and their situation, often by reference to preceding events.8) a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is.10) a character whose qualities or actions serve to emphasize those of the *protangonist (or of some other character) by providing a strong contrast with them.11) a subdivision of an sct or of a play not divided into acts. A scene normally represents actions happening in one palce at one time, and is marked off from the next scene by a curtain, a black-out, or a brief emptying of the stage.12) the contrast between what is intended or expected and what actually occurs.17) the interuption of a serious work, especailly a *tragedy, by a short humorous episode that relieves emotional tension.19) the defect of character that brings about the protangonist's downfall in a *tragedy.21) a rhetorical device in which the speaker addresses a dead or absent person, or an inanimate object or abstraction24) is its broadest sense, the incongruity, or difference, between reality )what is) and appearence (what seems to be)25) the effect of purgation or purification achieved by tragic drama, according to Aristole's argument in his Poetics.27) a short speech or remark spoken by a character in drama, directed either to the audience or to another character, which by *convention is supposed to be inaudible to the other characters on stage. Across: 1) a character whose character is summed up in one or two traits4) the segment of the plot that comes between the climax and the conclusion.5) poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter, which must not be confused with free verse.7) a situation in which the audience knows more about a character's situation than the character does, forseeing an outcome contrary to the character's expectations9) an extended speech uttered by one speaker, usually directed toward another character.13) the best person ever14) a line of 5 iambs (one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable)15) a decisive point in the plot of a play or story, upon which the outcome of the remaining action depends, and which ultimately precipitates the *catastrophe or *denouement16) an character whose character is complex and many-sided18) the final resolution or *denoument of the plot in a tragedy , usually involving the death of the *protagonist20) the misuse of a word through confusion with another word that sounds similar, especially when the effect is ridiculous22) an introductory section of a literary work or an introductory speech in a play.23) a stereotyped character: one whose nature is familair to us from prototypes in previous fiction.26) any of the persons involved in a story (sense1) The distinguishing moral qualities and personal traiits of a character28) a contrast between what is said and what is actually meant.29) a type of drama in which the protagonist, a person of unusual moral or intellectual stature or outstanding abilities, suffers a fall in fortune due to some error of judgement or flaw in his or her nature.30) a dramatic speech uttered by one character speaking alound while alone on stage, or while under the impression of being alone.
 

 

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