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Drama and Fiction
Term | Definition |
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Drama | form of literature for performance |
Comedy | story with happy ending, funny |
Tragedy | the main character is brought to ruin or suffers from sorrow |
Character | person who appears on stage, takes part in drama |
protagonist | character around whom the story revolves around |
antagonist | the apposer of the protagonist |
dramatic irony | situation in which the audience knows but the characters dont |
conflict | source of tension within drama |
theme | main idea of the story that the writer is trying to convey the audience |
plot | the actual story that moves the drama along |
act | a major division in the plot |
scene | a further division within an act |
aside | words spoken by a character directly to the audience which others didnt hear |
exposition | part of the play providing background information |
monologue | a speech given by one character to another |
dialogue | conversation between two or more characters |
pun | play on words |
malapropism | absurd misuse of words that especially when confused with a word that sounds similar |