Plays and Play Vocab

Front

Descriptive comments about dialogue, setting, and action.

Back

Stage Directions

Front

Stage representation of a story

Back

Play

Front

Traditional segment in a play indicating a change in time/location or subplot, part of an act.

Back

Scene

Front

Major division of a play, further divided into scenes.

Back

Act

Front

Conversation between characters in literature.

Back

Dialogue

Front

Main character of a literary work

Back

Protagonist

Front

A character or force another character struggles against

Back

Antagonist

Front

Struggle between opposing forces

Back

Conflict

Front

A character that undergoes significant change in insight, values, or personality during a story.

Back

Dynamic Character

Front

A character that remains the same.

Back

Static Character