Drama Terms - AP Lit Flashcards

5327212001	Drama	A story written to be performed by actors	0
5327212002	Dialogue	A conversation between characters	1
5327212003	Tragedy	is a work of literature, especially a play, that results in a catastrophe for the main character(s)	2
5327212004	Stage directions	Notes included in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged	3
5327212005	Monologue	a lengthy speech by one character in a play, with other characters listening	4
5327212006	Soliloquy	a lengthy speech expressing the thoughts of a character, spoken alone on stage	5
5327212007	Aside	a short line delivered by an actor in a play, intended to be heard by only the audience	6
5327212008	Foil	a character who provides a contrast to another character; each character's traits stand out more because they are opposites	7
5327212009	Motivation	A reason that explains or partially explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves a certain way	8
5327212012	Free verse	Poetry not written in a regular rythmical pattern, or meter	9
5327212013	Blank verse	Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines	10
5327212014	Rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	11
5327212015	Sonnet	A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter	12
5327212016	Couplet	A pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter	13
5327212017	Meter	A poem's rhythmcal pattern	14
5327212021	Allegory	A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning -- a literal level and one or more symbolic level(s)	15
5327212024	Extended metaphor	A writer speaks or writes about a subject as if it were something else	16
5327212028	Foreshadow	The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur	17
5327212029	Suspense	A feeling of uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work	18
5327212030	Universal theme	A message about life that can be understood by most cultures	19