Drama Vocabulary Terms (R&J)

Front

Leading character of a story

Back

Protagonist

Front

Speech revealing thoughts when alone

Back

Soliloquy

Front

Audience knows something characters do not

Back

Dramatic irony

Front

A play on words for humor

Back

Pun

Front

Adversary of the protagonist

Back

Antagonist

Front

Quick-witted conversation

Back

Repartee

Front

Instructions for actors in a play

Back

Stage directions

Front

Play that starts calm, ends in violence

Back

Tragedy

Front

Two opposite words together

Back

Oxymoron

Front

Brief statement to audience, unheard by others

Back

Aside