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Drama Vocabulary

TermDefinition
Actor a person who performs in a play, movie or tv program
Plot the action of a play
Script the written form of a play
Screenplay the script for a movie including descriptions of scenes and some camera directions
Act a group of two or more scenes that form a major division of a play
Scene smaller divisions within in act, usually happening in a particular time and place
Chorus a group of actors who speak together with one voice and describe or comment on the main action of the play
Cast a list that tells who is in the play, it may describe the characters and how they are related to one another
Comedy a play, movie, or TV program that is funny and has a happy ending
Conflict a struggle between opposing characters or between opposing forces
Dialogue the conversations that characters have with one another which helps to reveal the characters, plot, and theme of a play
Monologue a character speaks when alone on the stage, apart from the other characters and the other characters are unaware of what is being said
Aside a remark spoken by a character in a play that the other actors on stage are not supposed to hear
Flashback the insertion of an earlier event into a story, play or movie
Farce a comic play with an unlikely plot and characters exaggerated for humorous effects
Melodrama a drama characterized by exaggerated emotions and conflicts between characters that can have a happy ending
Playwright the person who wrote the play, author
Foreshadowing the use of clues or hints suggesting events that will occur later in the plot, helps the reader or audience anticipate the outcome
Irony a technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions or contrasts
Verbal Irony occurs when words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning
Situational Irony occurs when an event directly contradicts what is expected
Dramatic Irony occurs when the audience or readers knows something a character does not know
Playbill the poster announcing a theatrical performance or program
Poetic Justice a literary outcome in which bad characters are punished and good character are rewarded
Setting the place and time frame in which a play takes place, usually described in a note or stage direction at the opening act and the beginning of each scene
Set the scenery constructed for a play
Prop a moveable article that is not part of the play's scenery or costuming
Stage Directions usually in italics, this tells the actors how to speak their lines, how to move, act, and look, also tells the director how to stage the play
Theme a message about life or human nature that is the focus of the story
Tragedy a serious play having an unhappy ending
Tragic Flaw a character trait that leads one to his/her own downfall or destruction
Speech Tag in the script, the character's name, which helps a reader keep track of who is speaking
Created by: Jcm11022010
 

 



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