Drama Terms

Piece of literature written to be performed with feelings and emotions

Long speech without interruption to another character

Clues to future events

Drama based on human suffering

comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections

Play on words

The character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of the story

Audience knows what will happen before characters do

Short comment to the side that another character does not hear, but the audience does

Contrasting character traits

Character is on stage alone expressing thoughts and feelings

Represents or stands for something