Drama Terms

Audio or visual elements used in a play

There are several of these within an act- they change when the location or time changes

A work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow (death)

The main character

A speech delivered by one character while he/she is alone on stage

The items that the characters use on the stage to bring the play to life

A literary device that uses contrast or contradiction to surprise, amuse, or shock readers

Person who writes a play

The person or force against the main character

a collection of objects that create a scene

The characters/actors that are in the play

Occurs when the audience knows something that the character does not know.

The words that a character says aloud

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution are parts of the?

The central message of a play

A dramatic work that is often humorous and that usually contains a happy resolution

The instructions written describing the setting and what is going on -in italics and brackets

What is a long speech that a character makes to another character?

Short directions next to a character's name that help us visualize how he/she talks and acts

The main divisions of a play- like chapters in a book

The clothing and accessories that actors wear

A statement having two true statements that can't be true at the same time.

The paper the play is written on

a form of irony used to express scorn or ridicule

A drama is a

When the opposite of what is expected to happen occurs

A statement that means the opposite of what is said