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Drama Terms
drama
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Actor | Someone who acts a character |
| Plot | the main event of a drama |
| script | The text that actors memorize to say in a play or movie |
| screenplay | script of movie with instructions |
| act | a part or role |
| scene | a place where stuff happens in a drama |
| chorus | a part of a song that repeats |
| cast | The actors |
| comedy | funny drama |
| conflict | problem |
| dialogue | what they say |
| monologue | a long speech |
| aside | a remark |
| speech tag | something that labels dialogue |
| farce | a humorous play |
| melodrama | a form that doesn't have cause and effect |
| Playwright | the writes of a play |
| flashback | a scene that goes back in time |
| foreshadowing | a warning for the future |
| irony | state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary |
| Verbal irony | language that signifies the opposite |
| situational irony | something that doesn't happen right |
| dramatic irony | The audience knows about things that are going to happen but the characters don't |
| playbill | a poster announcing a theater performance |
| poetic justice | fact of experiencing a fitting or deserved retribution for someone's actions |
| setting | the time and place |
| set | the scenery |
| prop | something an actor uses |
| stage directions | directions for the actors |
| theme | the story's idea |
| tragedy | a bad or sad event |
| tragic flaw | a bad mistake |
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