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?

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.