Dramatic Terms These are general dramatic terms you will have to know Examples given pertain to “Julius Caesar”

Act

Set

Prop

Backdrop

Script

Convention

Dialogue

Dramatic Irony

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

Monologue Long, uninterrupted speech made by one character example: Mark Antony’s funeral oration

Soliloquy Long speech made by one character alone on stage> The audience may learn the thoughts of character (thinking out loud) example> Mark Antony alone with Caesar’s body

Personification Giving human qualities to something not human - figurative language example> “The heart is thirsty for that noble pledge.”

Simile Comparison of two unlike things using “as, like, or than” example> “I am as constant as the Northern Star.”

Metaphor Direct comparison example> “I am the Northern Star.”

Hyperbole Over exaggeration example>” I’m so hungry I could eat a cow!!”

Dramatic Structure Introduction Characters Setting Conflict Julius Caesar> Act I

Rising Action Complications Julius Caesar> Brutus joins the conspiracy planning of the assassination

Climax Highest point of interest>everything begins to unravel from here Assassination of Caesar Mark Antony’s funeral speech

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

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