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DRAMA TERMS
SOLILOQUY
A single character alone on stage
thinking out loud
A way of letting the audience know
what is on the character’s mind
ASIDE
Words that are spoken by a character
in a play to the audience or to another
character but that are not supposed to
be overheard by the others onstage
A way for characters to tell a secret
FOIL
A character who is used as a
contrast to another character
TRAGIC FLAW
A trait that leads a
character to his/her
downfall
COMIC RELIEF
A bit of humor in a serious
play to relieve tension and
create suspense
PUN
A play on words
A pun plays on the multiple
meanings on two words that sound
alike but have different meanings
IAMBIC METER
Each unstressed syllable
is followed by a stressed
syllable
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
Five iambic units in a line
“But soft. What light through
yonder window breaks?”
BLANK VERSE
Poetry written in
unrhymed iambic
pentameter
COUPLET
Two consecutive lines of
poetry that rhyme
FORESHADOWING
Lines that give hints or
clues to future events
VERBAL IRONY
A contrast between
what is said and what is
meant
DRAMATIC IRONY
A contrast between what
the audience knows and
what a character does not
know