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Drama terms 2019

Quiz by Arlene A. Bandas

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  • Q1
    dramatic work with a happy ending
    comedy
    30s
  • Q2
    main character or tragic hero comes to an unhappy end
    tragedy
    30s
  • Q3
    excessive pride
    hubris
    30s
  • Q4
    following of a serious scene with a lighter, mildly humorous one
    comic relief
    30s
  • Q5
    main character, of importance to society, who has a fatal error in judgment which leads to his /her downfall
    tragic hero
    30s
  • Q6
    a cleansing of emotions
    catharsis
    30s
  • Q7
    one who seeks revenge or retribution
    nemesis
    30s
  • Q8
    tragic resolution
    catastrophe
    30s
  • Q9
    fatal error in judgment or character
    tragic flaw
    30s
  • Q10
    sets the tone, setting, characters, previous events and main conflict
    exposition
    30s
  • Q11
    series of complications
    rising action
    30s
  • Q12
    turning point/ situation will either improve or deteriorate
    crisis
    30s
  • Q13
    emotional peak; occurs right before the resolution
    climax
    30s
  • Q14
    actor is alone on stage telling innermost thoughts to audience
    soliloquy
    30s
  • Q15
    private words that a character in a play speaks to the audience or to another character, which are not supposed to be overheard by others onstage.
    aside
    30s

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