Drama Flashcards
(24 cards)
Cast
Performers
Act
Main divisions
Scene
Smaller divisions
Setting
The place and time
Stage directions
Directions telling characters how to speak or act. How, sound, lighting and props
Plot
Acts and scenes. Show a change in setting, character.
Exposition
Introduces the characters setting and conflict
Rising action
Events lead to the climax
Climax
Turning point conflict is the highest point of no return
Falling action
Leads to the resolution
Resolution
how the conflict is or is not resolved
Dialogue
What they say and how they say it how other characters respond
Figures of speech
A word that has a different meaning than the original meaning
Point of view
Character’s perspective
Monologue
Speech given by one actor
Soliloquy
Character reveals thoughts and feelings to the audience but not other characters
Aside
Comment made to the audience not heard by the other characters
Dramatic irony
Audience knows more than other characters
Verbal irony
Character says the opposite of what he or she really means
Theme
Central message
Drama
Performers by actors for an audience told through characters words actions
Mood
The atmosphere
Dialogue
Lines spoken
Setting
Time and place
