Drama Flashcards
(25 cards)
Drama
Performed by actors for an audience
Cast
The performers
Act
Main divisions
Scene
Smaller divisions
Setting
Place and time
Dialogue
Lines spoken by two or more characters
Stage directions
Directions telling characters how to speak or act
How should lighting and props are used
Plot
A series of events where the characters try to solve a problem or attain a goal
Exposition
Introduces the characters setting or conflicted
Rising action
Events that lead to the climax
Climax
The turning point the conflict is the highest
Falling action
Leads to the resolution
Resolution
How the conflict is or is not resolved
Adage/ proverb
An old saying that expresses an accepted truth about life
Mood
Or the atmosphere
Idiom
Common phrase that has different meaning
Adage
An old saying that expresses an accepted truth about life
Point of view
The characters perspective
Monologue
speech by one actor
Soliloquy
Is a speech when a character expresses their thoughts
Aside
Comment made to the audience that is not heard by other characters
Dramatic irony
The audience knows more then one or more characters
Verbal irony
Character says the opposite of what they mean
Theme
The central idea
