Drama Vocabulary

a written version of the speech and actions of performers in a play or film

characters say or do something that they don't fully grasp but is understood by the audience

a secondary character who contrasts the protagonist to highlight a main character's personality

a speech is given by a single character, either to an individual or a group

the author overtly states the theme somewhere within the work

the author's particular attitude, either stated or implied in the writing

instructions in the text of a play, indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor

a speech is given by a character while or as if alone; literally, "talking to oneself."

the atmosphere or feeling created by the author in a literary work or passage.

a bitter form of verbal irony, intended to taunt or hurt

a seemingly contradictory statement that on closer look reveals a deeper truth