Shakespeare Drama Terms & Features

2. most Shakespearean plays have 5 of these
5. the use of a similar or repeated structure of words in a literary work
7. the first name of the famous bard
9. a speech by a character in a drama play where the character is alone and tells his/her thoughts and feelings aloud
10. the printed text of a drama play
12. a group of actors who narrate or comment on the action and characters in a play, often with song and dance
13. the imitation of another author or work, intended to mock or create humor
14. a play in which the events lead to the downfall of the main character
16. objects on the set that the actors move and manipulate
17. (2 words) unrhymed iambic pentameter
19. a play that ends in a happy ending, often with a wedding/marriage of two of the characters
20. "Comic _" the inclusion of a humorous character or scene in a drama play, intended to lighten the mood or relieve the tension of the main conflict
22. written or spoken language in its ordinary form without a metrical poetic style

1. (2 words) when the reader or audience has knowledge that the characters do not know
3. the use of objects to stand for or represent themes or ideas in a literary work
4. a story told in dialogue by performers in front of an audience
6. "breaking the fourth..."
8. a recurring symbol in a literary work that has figurative meaning
10. the mocking of a human weakness or character flaw, often in drama
11. the word signaling the start of a scene of action in a drama play
13. the author of a drama play
15. information in brackets [ ] that tells what the scene on stage looks like, the costumes that should be worn, or how the actors should move or speak
16. "Iambic _" a line of poetry that has 5 metrical feet, or iambs, that consist of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
18. a speech by a character in a drama play where the character speaks only to the audience, and the other characters do not hear
21. the word signaling the exit of a character(s) in a scene