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Drama and Fiction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Drama | form of literature for performance |
| Comedy | story with happy ending, funny |
| Tragedy | the main character is brought to ruin or suffers from sorrow |
| Character | person who appears on stage, takes part in drama |
| protagonist | character around whom the story revolves around |
| antagonist | the apposer of the protagonist |
| dramatic irony | situation in which the audience knows but the characters dont |
| conflict | source of tension within drama |
| theme | main idea of the story that the writer is trying to convey the audience |
| plot | the actual story that moves the drama along |
| act | a major division in the plot |
| scene | a further division within an act |
| aside | words spoken by a character directly to the audience which others didnt hear |
| exposition | part of the play providing background information |
| monologue | a speech given by one character to another |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more characters |
| pun | play on words |
| malapropism | absurd misuse of words that especially when confused with a word that sounds similar |