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WIMS-7LA-Drama Vocab
WIMS-7LA-Drama Vocabulary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| drama | a story written to be performed by actors |
| character | a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work |
| prop | any movable item or physical object used in a drama |
| scenery | painted backdrop or other structure used to create the setting of a play |
| cast | a set of actors |
| climax | the turning point, the high point in the action of the plot. Moment of greatest tension |
| script | the text of a play - with dialogue and stage directions for actors |
| playwright | a person who writes plays |
| actor | a person who performs a play |
| act | a unit of action in a drama |
| scene | a section of uninterrupted action in the act of a drama |
| characterization | the act of creating and developing a character |
| dialogue | a conversion between characters - usually set off by quotation marks |
| monologue | a long speech that is spoken by a single character. It reveals a character's private thoughts and feelings. |
| stage directions | notes included in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged. Usually in italics or parentheses |
| theater | a place where plays are usually presented |
| comedy | a work, especially a play, which is light, often humorous or satirical, and ends happily |
| tragedy | a work of literature especially a play, that results in a catastrophe for the main character |
| screenplay | a script for a film |
| theme | a central message, concern, or purpose in a work. A generalization, or a general statement, about human beings or about life |
| stated theme | stated directly in the text |
| implied theme | the reader must figure out what the theme is by looking at what the work reveals about people or life |
| inference | a logical guess or conclusion based on evidence |
| flashback | a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past |
| foreshadowing | the author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story |
| narrator | a speaker or a character who tells a story |
| conflict | a struggle between two or more opposing forces |
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