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drama, drama, drama
unit 2 vocabulary
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Drama | A play for theater, radio, or television. | Drama tells a story and has a plot so it is fiction. |
| Protagonist | The main character or one of the central characters. | Usually who we consider to be the "good guy" in a story. |
| Antagonist | The opposing character or group acting against the protagonist. | Usually who we consider to be the "bad guy" in a story |
| "Dialogue" | The conversation between characters. | What characters SAY. In a story dialogue can be found in quotation marks. |
| (staging) | The description of the setting or stage | Usually in parenthesis or italicized. Staging allows the reader to visualize the setting or aspects of a story not expressed through dialogue. |
| Act | The division in a drama. An act changes when the part of the plot changes | The act will change when the story shifts from one part of the plot to another(exposition/rising action/climax/falling/action/conclusion) |
| Scene | A division in a drama. A scene changes when the situation or setting changes. | Shorter divisions in the play within acts. |
| Monologue | A long speech given by one character to express their thought's aloud. It can be aid to themselves, OR to an audience, OR to another character. | |
| Soliloquy | A type of monologue when a character speakers their thought's aloud TO THEMSELVES AND OMLY THE AUDIENCE CAN HEAR. This creates dramatic irony because the audience knows more than the other characters. | |
| Linear plot development | The events of the story are told in the order they occurred un time. (exposition, rising action, Climax, Falling Action, conclusion |