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Drama Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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Jcm11022010