Dramatic Terms

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Dramatic Terms

• These are general dramatic terms you will have to
  know
• Examples given pertain to Julius Caesar

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Act
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Set
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Prop
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Backdrop
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Script
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Convention
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Dialogue
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Dramatic Irony
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Aside

• Words spoken in an undertone not meant to be
  heard by everyone on stage

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Monologue

• Long, uninterrupted speech made by one character
• example Mark Antonys funeral oration

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Soliloquy

• Long speech made by one character alone on stagegt
  The audience may learn the thoughts of character
  (thinking out loud)
• examplegt Mark Antony alone with Caesars body

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Personification

• Giving human qualities to something not human -
  figurative language
• examplegt The heart is thirsty for that noble
  pledge.

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Simile

• Comparison of two unlike things using as, like,
  or than
• examplegt I am as constant as the Northern Star.

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Metaphor

• Direct comparison
• examplegt I am the Northern Star.

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Hyperbole

• Over exaggeration
• examplegt Im so hungry I could eat a cow!!

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Dramatic Structure

• Introduction
• Characters
• Setting
• Conflict
• Julius Caesargt Act I

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Rising Action

• Complications
• Julius Caesargt Brutus joins the conspiracy
• planning of the assassination

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Climax

• Highest point of interestgteverything begins to
  unravel from here
• Assassination of Caesar
• Mark Antonys funeral speech

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Falling Action

• Events continue to unravel and begin to move
  towards a resolution
• Mark Antony, Octavius, Brutus and Cassius
• Armies established

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Resolution

• Things are tied together. All pieces of the
  puzzle are put together. May NOT be a happy
  ending.
• Mark Antony avenges Caesar
• Brutus dies
• Cassius dies
• Brutus honored