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Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes about drama and poetry.
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Stanza
A division or unit of a poem.
Couplet
A 2-line stanza that rhymes.
Tercet
A 3-line stanza that rhymes.
Quatrain
A 4-line stanza that rhymes.
Sestet
A 6-line stanza.
Comedy
A drama in which characters experience reversals of fortune for the better.
Tragedy
A drama in which characters experience reversals of fortune for the worse.
Act
A major division in a play.
Scene
A segment within an act to indicate a change in time, location, subplot, or characters.
Dramatis Personae
The character list of a play (NOT the cast list).
Props
Objects that appear on stage in a play.
Staging
Where the characters in a play stand or move and how they interact with the set; also known as blocking.
Gestures
Physical movements in a play.
Stage Directions
The playwright/author's comments in the play's text.
Monologue
A long speech by one character to others.
Soliloquy
A long speech by one character alone on stage.
Dialogue
A conversation between characters.
Aside
A comment made by a character that other characters on stage supposedly cannot hear.
Fourth Wall
The imaginary wall that separates the stage from the audience.
Breaking the 4th Wall
When a character addresses the audience.