Read the passage and tell which dramatic device the passage describes.

The character, alone on the stage, proceeded to talk about how he had, at one time, been very poor and was afraid of ever being in that predicament again. For several minutes, he told the entire story of how he overcame his poverty.

Choices:

soliloquy

dramatic irony

dramatic convention

character foil

aside

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Kyle

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13 October, 07:42

Read the passage and tell which dramatic device the passage describes.

The character, alone on the stage, proceeded to talk about how he had, at one time, been very poor and was afraid of ever being in that predicament again. For several minutes, he told the entire story of how he overcame his poverty.

Choices:

soliloquy

dramatic irony

dramatic convention

character foil

aside

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Nathaniel Gibbs · Answer 1

Soliloquy

When an actor is alone on stage, or speaking so that no other characters can hear them, it is called a soliloquy. This is a device used so that the audience can see what's inside the character's mind without any of the other characters knowing the information.