Final Exam Review

Elements of Drama

Act: A division within a play, much like chapters of a novel

Aside: Lines that spoken by a character directly to the audience

Cast of Characters:  A list of characters presented before the action begins.

Chorus:  A person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play.

Comedy: A humorous work of drama

Dialogue: Conversation between two or more characters

Drama: A work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience.

Foil: A character who is nearly opposite of another character; the purpose is to reveal a stark contrast between the two characters, often the protagonist and antagonist

Monologue: A long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to the audience

Scene: A division of an act into smaller parts

Soliloquy: Thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone, or thinks he/she is alone

Stage Directions: Italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or costumes, give further information about a character, or provide background information; in Shakespeare’s plays, they can also appear in brackets, parenthesis, and/or half-brackets.

Tragedy: A serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of his own actions

Tragic Hero: A protagonist with a fatal flaw which eventually leads to his demise

Genre Connections

Nonfiction: Writing that is true, factual, informative, or persuasive

Fiction: Most stories fall into this genre, which means that the text is made up or a product of the imagination

Drama: The two subgenres of this main genre include tragedies and comedies

Folklore: Authors of stories in this genre are often retelling the story.  It may say ‘adapted by’, ‘retold by’, or the author may be ‘unknown’

Fable: Very short stories with talking animals and a moral

Tall Tale: Stories that usually take place in the Wild West; the main character’s strength, skills, or size are greatly exaggerated in a humorous way

Fairy Tale: Stories with magic and/or talking animals, usually have a human main character and start with “once upon a time”

Myth: Stories with gods and/or goddesses that usually account for the creation of something

Science Fiction: Stories with aliens, advanced technology, or futuristic weaponry

Historical Fiction: Fictional stories based on or around important people or events from the past

Realistic Fiction: Stories that could actually happen but didn’t

Fantasy: Stories with magic, monsters, superpowers, or other things that do not exist in reality

Works Cited

Works cited is an alphabetized list of the resources you used for a project

Works cited appear on a separate page at the end of your project

Works cited is always double spaced

Works cited always has a hanging indent if more than one line

Works cited is always in alphabetical order based on the first word of the citation

Works cited are alphabetized by author’s last name, then first (if an author)

Never number a works cited page

Books, magazines, newspapers, films, and television programs are always italicized when typed

Titles of articles, essays, stories, web pages, and television episodes are put in quotation marks

Literary Terms

Conflict: A struggle or problem in the story for the main character

Protagonist: The main character

Foreshadowing: A prediction or hint of what will happen

Personification: Giving non-human objects human characteristics

Alliteration: “Bob built a brilliant boat”

Onomatopoeia: BAM

Dialogue: When characters speak

Setting: When, where, and the time a story takes place

Plot: The sequence of events in a story

Simile: “Life is like a box of chocolates”

Final Exam Review

Elements of Drama (14)

Define: Act, aside, cast of characters, chorus, comedy, dialogue, drama, foil, monologue, scene, soliloquy, stage directions, tragedy, tragic hero

Read a script and answer the questions (11)

Genre Connections (25)

Define: Nonfiction, fiction, drama, poetry, folklore, fable, tall tale, fairy tale, myth, legend, science fiction, historical fiction, nonfiction, realistic fiction, fantasy

Works Cited (10)

Literary Terms (10)

Define: conflict, protagonist, foreshadowing, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, dialogue, setting, plot, metaphor

Reading and revising sentences (2)

Read and analyze a piece of drama questions (6)

**Vocabulary (22)  These are the only words on your note cards, or you get a zero.

Define:  epitome, scintillate, fastidious, necromancy, harlequin, savant, aggrandize, bombast, hallow, flaccid, jocular, regale, hiatus, coalesce, vociferous, platonic, apex, credulity, augur, acerbic, clandestine, vignette

Total 100 multiple choice questions