Stage design in which the audience is seated all the way around the acting area; actors make their entrances and exits through the auditorium.

A theater consisting of a stage area surrounded by a semicircle of tiered seats.

A character or a nonhuman force that opposes or is in conflict with the protagonist.

As derived from Aristotle's "Poetics", the three principles of structure that require a play to have one plot (unity of action) that occurs in one place (unity of place) and within one day (unity of time).

A broad category of literary, especially dramatic, works intended primarily to entertain and amuse an audience.

Literary genre consisting of works in which action is performed and all words are spoken before an audience by an actor or actors impersonation the characters.

When there is a gap between what an audience knows and what a character believes or expects.

Character that serves as a contrast to another.

Long speech usually in a play but also in other genres spoken by one person and uninterrupted by the speech of anyone else.

In classical Greek theater, semicircular area used mostly for dancing by the chorus.

In drama, an object used on stage.

The most common type of modern theater, in which the stage is clearly demarcated from the auditorium by an arch which frames the picture that unfolds on stage.

Most neutral and broadly applicable term for the main character in a work.

The design, decoration, and scenery of the stage during a play.

Occurs when a character holds a position or has an expectation that is reversed of fulfilled in an unexpected way.

Low building in the back of the stage area in classical Greek theaters. It represented the palace or temple in front of which the action took place.

Words in the printed text of a play that inform the director, crew, actors, and readers how to stage, perform, or imagine the play.

Stage design that allows the audience to sit around three sides of the major acting area.

Work, especially of drama, in which a character is brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force, but also comes to understand the meaning of his or her deeds and to accept an appropriate punishment.

Occurs when a word or expression in context means something different from, and usually the opposite of what it appears to mean.

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Term	Definition
Arena Stage	Stage design in which the audience is seated all the way around the acting area; actors make their entrances and exits through the auditorium.
Amphitheater	A theater consisting of a stage area surrounded by a semicircle of tiered seats.
Antagonist	A character or a nonhuman force that opposes or is in conflict with the protagonist.
Classical Unities	As derived from Aristotle's "Poetics", the three principles of structure that require a play to have one plot (unity of action) that occurs in one place (unity of place) and within one day (unity of time).
Comedy	A broad category of literary, especially dramatic, works intended primarily to entertain and amuse an audience.
Drama	Literary genre consisting of works in which action is performed and all words are spoken before an audience by an actor or actors impersonation the characters.
Dramatic Irony	When there is a gap between what an audience knows and what a character believes or expects.
Foil	Character that serves as a contrast to another.
Monologue	Long speech usually in a play but also in other genres spoken by one person and uninterrupted by the speech of anyone else.
Orchestra	In classical Greek theater, semicircular area used mostly for dancing by the chorus.
Props	In drama, an object used on stage.
Proscenium Stage	The most common type of modern theater, in which the stage is clearly demarcated from the auditorium by an arch which frames the picture that unfolds on stage.
Protagonist	Most neutral and broadly applicable term for the main character in a work.
Sets	The design, decoration, and scenery of the stage during a play.
Situational Irony	Occurs when a character holds a position or has an expectation that is reversed of fulfilled in an unexpected way.
Skene	Low building in the back of the stage area in classical Greek theaters. It represented the palace or temple in front of which the action took place.
Stage Directions	Words in the printed text of a play that inform the director, crew, actors, and readers how to stage, perform, or imagine the play.
Thrust Stage	Stage design that allows the audience to sit around three sides of the major acting area.
Tragedy	Work, especially of drama, in which a character is brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force, but also comes to understand the meaning of his or her deeds and to accept an appropriate punishment.
Verbal Irony	Occurs when a word or expression in context means something different from, and usually the opposite of what it appears to mean.

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