Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Study set
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Drama | A play for a theater, radio, or television |
| Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues |
| Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect |
| Farce | a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations |
| Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one |
| Morality Play | a kind of drama with personified abstract qualities as the main characters and presenting a lesson about good conduct and character, popular in the 15th and early 16th centuries |
| Foreshadow | be a warning or indication of (a future event) |
| Troupe | a group of dancers, actors, or other entertainers who tour to different venues |
| Wardrobe | the costume department or costumes of a theater or movie company |
| Antagonist | a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something. |
| Tragedy | a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending. |
| Monologue | a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program |
| Cliffhanger | a story or event with a strong element of suspense |
| Finale | the last part of a piece of music, a performance, or a public event, especially when particularly dramatic or exciting |
| Collaboration | he action of working with someone to produce or create something |
| Climax | the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex |
| Cue | a thing said or done that serves as a signal to an actor or other performer to enter or to begin their speech or performance |
| Downstage | at or toward the front of a stage |
| Comedy | a movie, play, or broadcast program intended to make an audience laugh |
| Encore | a repeated or additional performance of an item at the end of a concert, as called for by an audience |
| Gesture | a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning |
| Green room | a room in a theater or studio in which performers can relax when they are not performing |
| Pantomime | a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music |
| Resolution | a firm decision to do or not to do something |
| Thespian | relating to drama and the theater |
Created by:
user-1645524
Popular English Vocabulary sets