Drama literary terms Crossword
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
 
 
Down: 1) 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.3) 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.4) the defect of character that brings about the protangonist's downfall in a *tragedy.6) the information provided in addition to the dialogue to help a reader visualize the setting, characters, and action.8) the contrast between what is intended or expected and what actually occurs.10) a stereotyped character: one whose nature is familair to us from prototypes in previous fiction.11) a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is.13) 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 expectations17) the best person ever18) the misuse of a word through confusion with another word that sounds similar, especially when the effect is ridiculous19) the final resolution or *denoument of the plot in a tragedy , usually involving the death of the *protagonist20) any of the persons involved in a story (sense1) The distinguishing moral qualities and personal traiits of a character22) a dramatic speech uttered by one character speaking alound while alone on stage, or while under the impression of being alone.23) is its broadest sense, the incongruity, or difference, between reality )what is) and appearence (what seems to be)27) 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.28) 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 time Across: 2) an extended speech uttered by one speaker, usually directed toward another character.5) a rhetorical device in which the speaker addresses a dead or absent person, or an inanimate object or abstraction7) a character whose character is summed up in one or two traits9) 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.12) 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.14) poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter, which must not be confused with free verse.15) the segment of the plot that comes between the climax and the conclusion.16) an introductory section of a literary work or an introductory speech in a play.21) a line of 5 iambs (one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable)24) an character whose character is complex and many-sided25) a contrast between what is said and what is actually meant.26) the effect of purgation or purification achieved by tragic drama, according to Aristole's argument in his Poetics.29) 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 *denouement30) the interuption of a serious work, especailly a *tragedy, by a short humorous episode that relieves emotional tension.
 

 

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