1. Dramatic Elements

2. SOLILOQUY

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

4. DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

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

6. BLANK VERSE

7. BLANK VERSE
UNRHYMED LINES.

8. FORESHADOWING

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

10. ALLUSION

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

12. DRAMATIC IRONY

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

14. ASIDE

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

16. IAMBIC PENTAMETER

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

18. COMIC RELIEF

19. 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.

20. FOIL

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

22. METAPHOR

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

24. SIMILE

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

26. OXYMORON

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

28. PUN

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