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drama terms 12
Question | Answer |
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dialogue | what actors/characters say |
stage directions | tell the actors what to do where to stand what to hold they are written italics and are in breackets |
comedy | a drama with a happy ending |
tragedy | a drama with a tragic or unhappy ending |
tragic flaw | the quilty belief personality trait that lead to a characters death or downfall |
1 act play | a drama with few characters few scenes usually last less than an hour |
full length play | many characters many scenes many conflicts asually last 2 housr or more |
monologue | a long speech by a character on stage other characters can hear a monologue |
aside | a brief comment made by a character to another character or to the audience not heard by other characters meant to be haerd by the audience |
soliloquy | a long speech made by a character in which his/her thought and feelings are revesled usually not meant to be heard by other characters but it is meant to be heard by the audience |