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DRAMA TERMs(:
Question | Answer |
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drama | is meant to be PERFORMED for an audience. |
dialogue | what actors/changes say. |
gestures | movements of body parts |
stage directions | tell actors what to do where to stand what to hold. |
comedy | a drama with a happy ending |
tragedy | a drama with tragic or unhappy ending |
tragic flaw | the quality belief personality trait that leads to a characters death or downfall. |
1 act play | a drama with few characters, few scenes usually last less than a hour. |
full length play | many characters, many scenes, many conflicts, usually lasts 2 hours or more. |
monologue | a long speech by a character on stage other characters can hear a monologue |
aside | a brief comment made by a character to another character or to the audience not heard by other characters; meant to be heard by the audience |
soliloquy | a long speech made by a character in which his/her thoughts and feeling are revealed usually NOT meant to be heard by other characters, but it is meant to be heard by audience. |