AP Dramatic Literature Terms Flashcards
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| 4765321796 | Act | One of the main divisions of a play or an opera | 0 | |
| 4765322703 | Allegory | A story in which people, things, and events have a parallel, symbolic meaning | 1 | |
| 4765325438 | Antagonist | Character who opposes the character the audience wants to see succeed (protagonist) | 2 | |
| 4765338801 | Archetype | A character, action, or situation that is a prototype or pattern of human life generally; a situation that occurs over and over again in literature, such as a quest, an initiation, or an attempt to overcome evil. | 3 | |
| 4765341067 | Aside | Brief comment by a character who addresses either the audience or another character but it is assumed that it is not heard by the other characters onstage | 4 | |
| 4765343829 | Character | A person, or anything presented as a person, in a literary/dramatic work | 5 | |
| 4765344626 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces. Characters in conflict form the basis of stories, novels, epics, and plays. Types: External/Internal Conflicts | 6 | |
| 4765350601 | Conventions | unrealistic devices or procedures that the audience agrees to accept | 7 | |
| 4765351015 | Drama | A story acted out, usually on stage, by actors who take the parts of specific characters | 8 | |
| 4765353120 | Dialogue | Conversation between characters | 9 | |
| 4765354057 | Epilogue | A concluding address usually performed directly to the audience | 10 | |
| 4765354829 | Epiphany | A moment of sudden, intuitive understanding; a flash of insight | 11 | |
| 4765355948 | Foil | A character in the play who sets off the main character or other characters through comparison | 12 | |
| 4765358208 | Given circumstance | The information that we can determine about the play (setting, characters, etc.) from the script itself | 13 | |
| 4765360988 | Monologue | A long, uninterrupted speech that is spoken in the presence of other characters | 14 | |
| 4765361577 | Motivation | A reason that explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves in a certain way | 15 | |
| 4765362520 | Objective | Any goal that a character is working towards | 16 | |
| 4765363526 | Pun | Usually, the humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time | 17 | |
| 4765364533 | Scene | A division with no change of locale or abrupt shift of time | 18 | |
| 4765365763 | Set | Scenery and staging of a dramatic production | 19 | |
| 4765366553 | Stage Directions | A playwright's descriptive or interpretive comments that provide readers (and actors) with information about the dialogue, setting, and action of a play | 20 | |
| 4765368355 | Soliloquy | A long, uninterrupted speech that is spoken by a character alone on stage in which the character's inner-thoughts are revealed to the audience | 21 | |
| 4765369615 | Suspension of Disbelief | A willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; the sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment | 22 |