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Dramatic Elements

Dive into the world of dramatic elements such as soliloquy, blank verse, foreshadowing, and more. Understand the power of dramatic irony, aside, and iambic pentameter in theater. Explore techniques like metaphor, simile, pun, and oxymoron.

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Dramatic Elements

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  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.”

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