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Drama Term
Question | Answer |
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Actor | A persons who`s profession is action on stage. |
Plot | Main events of a play. |
Script | Written text of a play. |
Screenplay | Script of a movie, play (etc) |
Act | A part in a play. |
Scene | Division of a act during a play. |
Chorus | A part of a song repeated after each verse. |
Cast | The actors make up a play. |
Comedy | Professional entertainment consisting of jokes. |
Conflict | The main problem. |
Dialogue | Conversation between two or more people. |
Monologue | A long speech made by one character in a play. |
Aside | To one side. |
Speech Tag | Something that labels a bit of dialogue. |
Farce | A comic dramatic work. |
Melodrama | A sensational dramatic piece. |
Playwright | A person who makes plays. |
Flashback | A scene in a movie or play set in a time earlier than the main story. |
Foreshadowing | Indication of a future event. |
Irony | Expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. |
Verbal Irony | When words Express something contrary to the truth. |
Situational Irony | A literary device you can easily identify. |
Dramatic Irony | Expressed through Works structure. . |
Playbill | A poster announcing a theater performance. |
Poetic Justice | Virtue is rewarded and viciousness is punished. |
Setting | Where an event takes place. |
Set | Where is film is done/made. |
Prop | An object used in the play. |
Stage Directions | An instruction in the text of a play. |
Theme | The subject. |
Tragedy | A event causing great suffering. |
Tragic Flaw | Trait of a character leading to there downfall. |