Drama Flashcards
(21 cards)
Drama
Performed by actors for and audience. Told through characters words and actions.
Cast
The pro formers in the drama
Act
The main divisions of drama
Scene
The smaller divisions.
Setting
The time and place where the story takes place. Creates the mood.
Dialogue
The lines spoken by the characters
Stage directions
Directions telling charters how to speak or telling how sound,lights and pro
Plot
Series of events where the characters to to solve a problem or attain a goal. Acts and scenes show a change in settings characters or plot.
Exposition
Introduces the characters,setting,and conflict
Rising action
Events that lead to the climax
Climax
The turning point. Point of no return. Conflict is at its highest
Falling action
Leads to the resolution
How to the conflict is or is not resolved
Dialogue
Lines spoken between two or more people. What they say how they say it and how they respond.
Figures of speech
Idiom, a common phrase that has a different meaning than the meaning of its individual words. Adage or proverb.
Monologue
Speech by one actor. Mono means one
Soliloquy
Reveals his or her thoughts or feelings. One person
Aside
Comment made to the audience not heard by the other character
Dramatic irony
Audience knows more than one or more of the characters do
Verbal irony
Character says the opposite of what he or she really means. Sarcasm or humor.
Theme
Central message. Lauded to in the title and at the beginning of the play respected phrases or details or symbols.
