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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Autobiography | The story a person writes about his own life memoirs |
| Biography | A written account of a person's life written by some one else; a life history |
| Flashback | When an author interrupts the story and briefly jumps back in time to tell the reader something that happened in the past |
| Prose | Ordinary speech or writing; not poetry or verse |
| Soliloquy | A dramatic speech or monologue in which a character talks aloud to himself, revealing his thoughts or feelings to the audience |
| Stage Directions | the written instructions by the author suggesting movements, actions, and gestures to the actors |
| Theme | an idea, point of view, or perception the author expresses in his work; meaning of a story |
| Symbolism | when an object represents something else |
| Miracle Play | a type of religious drama in the Middle Ages about the lives of saints and martyrs |
| Morality Play | a late Medieval and early Renaissance form of drama using popular legends to teach morals through allegory. Vices and virtues were personified as characters in these plays |
| Mystery Play | a form of drama developed in the Middle Ages from church liturgy and based on Biblical events |
| Script | the text of a play |
| Comedy | a form of drama that has a happy ending |
| Genre | a distinctive classification or category of literature |
| Renaissance | a time of renewed interest in art, literature, and learning in Europe |
| Tragedy | a branch of drama dealing with a serious subject, typically in which a great character experiences downfall or death |
| Flat Character | a one-dimensional character with one primary trait |
| Round Character | a fully developed character with several character attributes |
| Dialogue | the lines spoken by two or more characters in a drama; conversation |
| Theme | an idea, point of view, or perception the author expresses in his work |
| Setting | the mood, time, and place in which a play or story occurs |
| Cast | to select actors for a play; the actors appearing in a play |
| Exposition | the part of a play that introduces or explains the theme and the chief characters of the situation |
| Complication | the part of the play or story where additional problems occur |
| Crisis | the "turning point" of the action in a story or drama |
| Climax | the point of highest interest or intensity |
| Denouement | the final outcome or resolution of a story or drama |
| Stage | the raised platform where plays are performed; to perform a play |
| Set | the stage and scenery for a play |
| Properties | also called props; any article, except costumes or scenery, that is used in a play |
| House | a theater; also the audience of a theater |
| Prompter | one who gives cues to actors |
| Cue | a word or action that tells an actor to begin his speech; to give an actor a signal to begin his speech |
| Conflict | the struggle in the plot of a story |
| Plot | the series of events in a play; the story line |
| Dramatic Devices | techniques a playwright uses to produce a specific feeling or add interest to a play |
| Dramatic Convention | a dramatic device used to create an illusion of reality in a play actually performed on a stage; the "rules" of a play |
| Aside | a dramatic device in which a character makes a short remark or comment to the audience, but is not overheard by any other actor on the stage. |
| Character Foil | a character in a play whose personality contrasts the main character and therefore highlights certain characteristics of that main character |
| Dramatic Irony | when the play's audience knows more information than the characters in the play do |
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