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Vocabulary
soliloquy synopsis rhetorical device tragic hero
blank verse stage directions dramatic irony tragic flaw
dialogue aside

Matching
Match each definition with a word.

1. a. When the audience or reader knows more than the characters know.
b. the reader or the audience knows something important that a character does
not know

2. a. A literary device, such as assertions or rebuuttals, used to persuade the

reader; an appeal to the emtoions or present specious reasoning;
b. a method used in writing or speaking in which language is used to influence or
persuade an audience

3. a. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory. Â

b. A brief summary or outline of a subject or written work

4. a. spoken conversation used by two or more characters to express thoughts,

feelings, and actions
b. conversation between characters in a movie, play, or any other performance

5. a. The playwright's notes to actors, directors, and readers. They reveal

information about sets, movements, and emotion.
b. The written script for any dramatic work describes the sets, characters and
actions

6. a. a defect possessed by a tragic hero that brings about or contributes to his or

her downfall
b. A defect in the main character that brings about or contributes to his or her
downfall.

7. a. a speech a character makes to himself to reveal his thoughts to the audience

b. long speech by one person on the stage all alone

8. a. In a play, a comment made by a character who is heard by the audience but

not by the other charactrs on stage.
b. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the
stage. Â

9. a. Shakespeare's form of writing that uses unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

b. Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter (but soft, what light
through yonder window breaks).

10. a. A character who, through his vices and errors, brings about his own downfall
b. the potential for greatness but is doomed to fail.
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Multiple Choice
Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

11. stage directions

A. a method used in writing or speaking in which language is used to influence or
persuade an audience
B. The playwright's notes to actors, directors, and readers. They reveal information
about sets, movements, and emotion.
C. a speech a character makes to himself to reveal his thoughts to the audience
D. Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter (but soft, what light through
yonder window breaks).

12. aside
A. When the audience or reader knows more than the characters know.
B. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.
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C. A defect in the main character that brings about or contributes to his or her downfall.
D. the potential for greatness but is doomed to fail.

13. synopsis
A. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.
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B. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory. Â
C. conversation between characters in a movie, play, or any other performance
D. The written script for any dramatic work describes the sets, characters and actions

14. dramatic irony

A. The written script for any dramatic work describes the sets, characters and actions
B. the reader or the audience knows something important that a character does not
know
C. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory. Â
D. a defect possessed by a tragic hero that brings about or contributes to his or her
downfall

15. soliloquy
A. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.
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B. conversation between characters in a movie, play, or any other performance
C. long speech by one person on the stage all alone
D. A character who, through his vices and errors, brings about his own downfall

16. tragic flaw

A. A defect in the main character that brings about or contributes to his or her downfall.
B. a speech a character makes to himself to reveal his thoughts to the audience
C. When the audience or reader knows more than the characters know.
D. Shakespeare's form of writing that uses unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

17. dialogue
A. conversation between characters in a movie, play, or any other performance
B. In a play, a comment made by a character who is heard by the audience but not by
the other charactrs on stage.
C. When the audience or reader knows more than the characters know.
D. a method used in writing or speaking in which language is used to influence or
persuade an audience
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18. tragic hero
A. A character who, through his vices and errors, brings about his own downfall
B. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory. Â
C. a speech a character makes to himself to reveal his thoughts to the audience
D. Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter (but soft, what light through
yonder window breaks).

19. rhetorical device

A. The written script for any dramatic work describes the sets, characters and actions
B. a method used in writing or speaking in which language is used to influence or
persuade an audience
C. a defect possessed by a tragic hero that brings about or contributes to his or her
downfall
D. conversation between characters in a movie, play, or any other performance

20. blank verse

A. Shakespeare's form of writing that uses unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
B. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory. Â
C. the potential for greatness but is doomed to fail.
D. A literary device, such as assertions or rebuuttals, used to persuade the reader; an
appeal to the emtoions or present specious reasoning;

Complete the Sentence

Write the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

21. The ____ between the two students was interesting.

22. John's three-page ____ included essential information about the novel he read.

23. Romeo's ____ in the church yard shows that he is under great stress.
Answer Key
1. dramatic irony 9. blank verse 17. A
2. rhetorical device 10. tragic hero 18. A
3. synopsis 11. B 19. B
4. dialogue 12. B 20. A
5. stage directions 13. B 21. dialogue
6. tragic flaw 14. B 22. synopsis
7. soliloquy 15. C 23. soliloquy
8. aside 16. A