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- 1. Multiple Choice
Dramaa short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plota story written to be acted for an audiencea writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely differentcharacter who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way - 2. Multiple ChoiceTragedyan unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloudtwo consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scenea play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy endcharacter who changes as a result of the story’s events
- 3. Multiple ChoiceProloguea short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plotcharacter who does not change much in the course of a storywords that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstagean unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
- 4. Multiple ChoiceSonneta group who says things at the same timefourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemesthe audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not knowa writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
- 5. Multiple ChoiceProseevent or detail that is inappropriate for the time perioda combination of contradictory termsdirect, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary useShakespearean-3 four-line units or quatrains, followed by a concluding two-line unit, or couplet; abab cdcd efef gg
- 6. Multiple ChoiceChorusa group who says things at the same timetwo consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene“unrhymed”-no rhyme at the end of lineswords that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAnachronisma story written to be acted for an audiencea short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plotpoetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter ;each line of poetry contains 5 iambs, or metrical feet, that consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllableevent or detail that is inappropriate for the time period
- 8. Multiple ChoiceVerbal Ironythe audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not knowcharacter who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this waya writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely differenta speech by one character in a play
- 9. Multiple ChoiceDramatic Ironycharacter who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this wayhumor added that lessens the seriousness of a plotthe audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not knowtwo consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
- 10. Multiple ChoiceMonologuea speech by one character in a playa short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plotan unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloudwords that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
- 11. Multiple ChoiceSililoquythe audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not knowcharacter who changes as a result of the story’s eventsan unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud“unrhymed”-no rhyme at the end of lines
- 12. Multiple ChoiceFoilcharacter who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this waya play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy enda group who says things at the same timecharacter who changes as a result of the story’s events
- 13. Multiple ChoiceOxymorona story written to be acted for an audiencefourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemesevent or detail that is inappropriate for the time perioda combination of contradictory terms
- 14. Multiple ChoiceAsidepoetry written in unrhymed iambic pentametera combination of contradictory termswords that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstagea play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
- 15. Multiple ChoicePuna speech by one character in a playa play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meaningscharacter who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this wayhumor added that lessens the seriousness of a plot
- 16. Multiple ChoiceComic Reliefhumor added that lessens the seriousness of a plotdirect, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary useevent or detail that is inappropriate for the time perioda speech by one character in a play
- 17. Multiple ChoiceStatic Charactercharacter who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this waya writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely differentcharacter who does not change much in the course of a storya group who says things at the same time
- 18. Multiple ChoiceDynamic Charactera story written to be acted for an audiencea short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plotthe audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not knowcharacter who changes as a result of the story’s events
- 19. Multiple ChoiceBlank“unrhymed”-no rhyme at the end of linestwo consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scenepoetry written in unrhymed iambic pentametercharacter who does not change much in the course of a story
- 20. Multiple ChoiceVersewords that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstagepoetry written in unrhymed iambic pentametera play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meaningsa combination of contradictory terms
- 21. Multiple ChoiceCoupletfourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemesa play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy endtwo consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scenecharacter who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way
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