Question

Pavel is reading the script of a play. He notices a line in which a minor character briefly expresses private thoughts to the audience in a way that makes it seem the other characters on stage cannot hear. What is this kind of dialogue called? A. a monologue B. a soliloquy C. a quotation D. an aside

Answer 1

The answer is D, an Aside. :)

Answer 2

The answer is: D. an aside

An aside is a comment or passage by a character in a play determined to be learned by the audience but which is not heard by the other characters in the play.

The rest of the alternatives are incorrect because a monologue is a long speech made by a character; a soliloquy is the expression of a character's thoughts and feelings, disregarding of the public; and a quotation is a phrase taken from text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original writer or speaker.