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Drama Vocabulary

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Term
Definition
Actor   show
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Plot   show
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show the written form of a play  
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show the script for a movie including descriptions of scenes and some camera directions  
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show a group of two or more scenes that form a major division of a play  
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Scene   show
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show a group of actors who speak together with one voice and describe or comment on the main action of the play  
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Cast   show
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Comedy   show
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show a struggle between opposing characters or between opposing forces  
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Dialogue   show
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show a character speaks when alone on the stage, apart from the other characters and the other characters are unaware of what is being said  
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show a remark spoken by a character in a play that the other actors on stage are not supposed to hear  
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show the insertion of an earlier event into a story, play or movie  
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show a comic play with an unlikely plot and characters exaggerated for humorous effects  
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Melodrama   show
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Playwright   show
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Foreshadowing   show
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show a technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions or contrasts  
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show occurs when words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning  
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Situational Irony   show
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Dramatic Irony   show
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Playbill   show
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Poetic Justice   show
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Setting   show
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Set   show
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show a moveable article that is not part of the play's scenery or costuming  
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show 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  
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show a message about life or human nature that is the focus of the story  
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show a serious play having an unhappy ending  
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Tragic Flaw   show
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Speech Tag   show
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