Dramatic Elements

SOLILOQUY

SOLILOQUY A CHARACTER ALONE ON STAGE EXPRESSING HIS/HER THOUGHTS .

DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE A CHARACTER SPEAKING BY HIM/HERSELF TO OTHERS ON STAGE.

BLANK VERSE

BLANK VERSE UNRHYMED LINES.

FORESHADOWING

FORESHADOWING AN INDICATION OR HINT OF THINGS TO COME LATER ON.

ALLUSION

ALLUSION A REFERENCE TO A PERSON, PLACE OR THING FROM LITERATURE, MUSIC, ART, HISTORY OR RELIGION.

DRAMATIC IRONY

DRAMATIC IRONY WHEN ONE CHARACTER (OR A FEW) AND THE AUDIENCE ARE AWARE OF SOMETHING THAT OTHER CHARACTERS ON STAGE ARE NOT.

ASIDE

ASIDE WORDS SPOKEN TO THE AUDIENCE (OR ANOTHER CHARACTER) THAT OTHER CHARACTERS ON STAGE DO NOT HEAR.

IAMBIC PENTAMETER

IAMBIC PENTAMETER A LINE OF TEN SYLLABLES (FIVE “FEET”). EACH FOOT CONSISTS OF ONE UNSTRESSED SYLLABLE FOLLOWED BY ONE STRESSED SYLLABLE.

COMIC RELIEF

COMIC RELIEF A MOMENT OR SCENE OF HUMOR IN THE PLAY WHICH SERVES TO LIGHTEN UP THE TENSION AND CREATE A SEGUE INTO THE NEXT SCENE.

FOIL

FOIL A CHARACTER PLACED IN A PLAY TO CREATE CONTRAST WITH ANOTHER CHARACTER.

METAPHOR

METAPHOR A COMPARISON OF TWO UNLIKE THINGS WITHOUT USING “LIKE” OR “AS.”

SIMILE

SIMILE A COMPARISON OF TWO UNLIKE THINGS USING “LIKE” OR “AS.”

OXYMORON

OXYMORON TWO SEEMINGLY CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS WHICH MAKE SENSE: WE PARK ON DRIVEWAYS YET DRIVE ON PARKWAYS; JUMBO SHRIMP; AUNT/MOTHER & UNCLE/FATHER.

PUN

PUN A PLAY ON WORDS: “A LITTLE MORE THAN KIN AND LESS THAN KIND.”