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Drama Terms

drama

TermDefinition
Actor Someone who acts a character
Plot the main event of a drama
script The text that actors memorize to say in a play or movie
screenplay script of movie with instructions
act a part or role
scene a place where stuff happens in a drama
chorus a part of a song that repeats
cast The actors
comedy funny drama
conflict problem
dialogue what they say
monologue a long speech
aside a remark
speech tag something that labels dialogue
farce a humorous play
melodrama a form that doesn't have cause and effect
Playwright the writes of a play
flashback a scene that goes back in time
foreshadowing a warning for the future
irony state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary
Verbal irony language that signifies the opposite
situational irony something that doesn't happen right
dramatic irony The audience knows about things that are going to happen but the characters don't
playbill a poster announcing a theater performance
poetic justice fact of experiencing a fitting or deserved retribution for someone's actions
setting the time and place
set the scenery
prop something an actor uses
stage directions directions for the actors
theme the story's idea
tragedy a bad or sad event
tragic flaw a bad mistake
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