Drama Flashcards
(23 cards)
Drama
A story Preformed by actors for an audience told through actors
Cast
The performers in drama
Act
The main divisions in drama
Scene
The smaller divisors in drama
Setting
The place and time where the action takes place
Dialogue
The lines spoken by the characters
Stage directions
Directions telling characters how to speak or act
Plot
Series of events where characters try to solve a problem
Exposition
Introducing the characters, setting, and conflict
Rising action
Includes the plot events that lead to the climax
Climax
The turning point in the plot events that lead to the climax
Falling action
Leads to the resolution
Resolution
How the conflict is or is not resolved
Idiom
Figures of speech
Adage
Expresses an accepted truth about life
Point of view
Characters perspective
Monologue
A speech given by one actor
Soliloquy
A speech that reveals a character’s thoughts
Aside
A comment made by the audience
Dramatic irony
Audience knows more than one or more of the characters
Theme
Central language
Antiquated language
Old language
Verbal irony
Says the opposite of what they actually mean
