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drama terms 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |