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  2. Dramatic monologue - Wikipedia

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    Dramatic monologue is a type of poetry written in the form of a speech of an individual character. M.H. Abrams notes the following three features of the dramatic monologue as it applies to poetry: The single person, who is patently not the poet, utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem, in a specific situation at a critical moment ...

  3. Monologue - Wikipedia

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    Monologue. In theatre, a monologue (from Greek: μονόλογος, from μόνος mónos, "alone, solitary" and λόγος lógos, "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the ...

  4. Dramatic Interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Dramatic Interpretation (often shortened to "Dramatic Interp," "Drama" or just "DI") is an event in National Speech and Debate Association (and NSDA-related) high school forensics competitions. In the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association and the National Catholic Forensic League , the event is combined with Humorous ...

  5. Soliloquy - Wikipedia

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    In a soliloquy, a character typically is alone on a stage and make their thoughts, feelings, and intentions known to the audience. [5] Addressing it directly or take it into their confidence, [6] wholly or in part. [7] English Renaissance drama used soliloquies to great effect, [6] such as in the soliloquy "To be, or not to be", the centerpiece ...

  6. Oral interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Oral Interpretation is a dramatic art, also commonly called "interpretive reading" and "dramatic reading", though these terms are more conservative and restrictive. In certain applications, oral interpretation is also a theater art – as in reader's theater, in which a work of literature is performed with manuscripts in hand or, more ...

  7. Shakespeare's plays - Wikipedia

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    Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by the English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare. The exact number of plays as well as their classifications as tragedy, history, comedy, or otherwise is a matter of scholarly debate. Shakespeare's plays are widely regarded as among the greatest in the ...

  8. Declamation - Wikipedia

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    In Ancient Rome, declamation was a genre of ancient rhetoric and a mainstay of the Roman higher education system. It was separated into two component subgenres, the controversia, speeches of defense or prosecution in fictitious court cases, and the suasoria, in which the speaker advised a historical or legendary figure as to a course of action.

  9. Duo Interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Duo Interpretation. Duo Interpretation, or often simply called Duo Interp, or just Duo, is an official speech event of Stoa USA, the National Speech and Debate Association, the National Catholic Forensics League, National Christian Forensics and Communications Association, American Forensics Association, and the National Forensics Association.