English I – 2009-2010
THE GENRE OF DRAMA
Drama:
· Usually has a ______(the elements of Freytag’s Pyramid)
· Contains that
o Stage directions are typically ______.
o They explain how characters should ______, ______, ______, and ______.
· Involves and a (identified at the beginning of the play).
· Consists largely of ______(______). Most of the ______and ______in a play is revealed through its ______.
· Is divided into ______and ______, which indicate ______(like the chapters in a book).
NEW LITERARY TERMS
Apostrophe: words spoken to a ______, ______, or ______
that ______; often used when ______.
Aside: words spoken by a ______in the play to the ______
or to ______but that are not ______.
Comic Relief: a humorous ______, ______, or ______
that relieves the ______. By providing contrast, comic relief helps the audience to ______and ______.
Foil:
Metaphor: figure of speech that ______
WITHOUT using ______, ______, ______, or ______.
Monologue: a ______by ______while other characters are onstage.
Motif: a recurring ______, ______, ______, ______,
______, ______, or ______that appears repeatedly throughout a text that helps to unify the story.
Pun: a ______on the ______of a ______OR on
______that ______, but have different meanings
Simile: figure of speech that ______
using ______, ______, ______, or ______.
Soliloquy: An unusually ______in which a character who is onstage
______expresses his or her ______aloud.
TRAGEDY
Tragedy: a ______(in our case, a drama) about ______and
______actions that end ______.
· Usually results in the ______of the ______. In some cases, the disaster happens to ______; in others, the characters are ______.
Shakespeare’s tragedies typically follow this pattern:
Act I:
Act II:
Act III: - The characters make a choice that
determines the direction of the rest of the play.
Act IV:
Act V:
Debate exists as to where the climax falls in Romeo and Juliet. Some argue that it falls in Act III; others argue for Act V. We will decide for ourselves.