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drama terms 1

Literature drama terms

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Drama.- . literature drama that is meant to be produced as a performance
Dialogue.- conversation of two or more characters.
Monologue.- words spoken by a single character alone or on stage
Stage directions.- playwrights’ instructions about facial and vocal expressions, movement, action gestures, body language, stage appearance, lighting…
Characters.- persons the play wright creates to embody the play actions, ideas, and attitudes
Realistic characters.- designed to seem like individualized men and women.
Nonrealistic characters.- undeveloped and symbolic.
Stereotype or stock characters.- individualized characters whose actions make them seem to have been taken from a mold.
Ancillary characters.- minor characters who highlight the protagonist
Dramatic irony.- circumstances in which characters have only a partial, incorrect or misguided understanding of what is happening while both readers/ other characters understand completely.
Performance.- moving of actors around the stage.
Stage business.- gestures or movement of the actors.
Director.- guides the actors in speaking, responding and acting.
Producer.- finances arranges the production.
Proscenium stage.- a picture frame stage, like a room with the audience looking in.
Thrust or apron stage.- has an acting area going into the audience.
Theater-in-the-round.- stage open all sides, surrounded by an audience.
Sets/ scenery.- constructed, decorated backgrounds on stage.
Props/properties.- properties, objects used in a play.
Props/properties.- properties, objects used in a play.
Realistic or naturalistic setting.- creation of as life-like a stage as possible.
Nonrealistic setting.- a symbolic setting.
Lighting.- use of items, such as lamps, spotlights, color filters, dinners, etc. To create mood enhance the drama.
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