Final Exam Review for Drama Terms

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where a character says one thing but really means something different

character who is used to contrast another character in the play or story.

hint to what is to come in the action of the play or story.

A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as.

the humorous play on the multiple meanings of words or words that sound alike but have different meanings

The running over of a sentence or thought into the next without a pause at the end of the line; a run-on line.

words are spoken by a character in a play to the audience but are not supposed to be heard by other characters

a type of drama in which a tragic hero suffers a lose usually due to a tragic (or fatal) flaw; it ends unhappily