Elements of Drama & Pygmalion Vocabulary

Elements of Drama & Pygmalion Vocabulary

Elements of Drama

A division of an act into smaller parts.

​Scene

A major division within a play, similar to a chapter in a book.

​Act

Elements of Drama

A long speech made by one character.

Monologue

The conversation between characters in a play.

​Dialogue

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A large section of a play, like a chapter in a story.

• act

• scene

• dialogue

• monologue

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a conversation between two or more characters in a play

• act

• scene

• monologue

• dialogue

Elements of Drama

 A brief remark by a character revealing thoughts or feelings to the audience, unheard by other characters.

Aside

A speech in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, usually alone on stage.

Soliloquy

Elements of Drama

Objects used on stage by actors during a performance.

Props

Instructions in the script of a play that tell actors how to enter, where to stand, and how to perform.

Stage Directions

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a long speech made by one character

• aside

• soliloquy

• stage directions

• props

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an object used onstage

• soliloquy

• aside

• prop

• stage directions

Elements of Drama

Clothing worn by an actor on stage to represent a character.

Costume

The physical surroundings in which the action of a play occurs.

Set

Elements of Drama

The central idea or message in a drama.

Theme

The sequence of events in a story, play, or narrative.

Plot

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the physical surroundings

• set

• costume

• plot

• theme

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the logical series of events

• set

• costume

• plot

• theme

Elements of Drama

A struggle between opposing forces, often driving the plot.

Conflict

 The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

Characterization

Elements of Drama

The unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story

Resolution

The most intense, exciting, or important point of a play.

Climax

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The most intense, exciting, or important point of a play.

• characterization

• conflict

• climax

• resolution

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A struggle between opposing forces, often driving the plot.

• conflict

• climax

• characterization

• theme

Elements of Drama

A humorous play with a happy ending.

Comedy

A serious play with an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.

Tragedy

Elements of Drama

A warning or indication of a future event in the story.

Foreshadowing

Phrases that attribute the dialogue to a specific character.

Dialogue Tags

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Phrases that attribute the dialogue to a specific character.

• comedy

• tragedy

• dialogue tags

• foreshadowing

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A humorous play with a happy ending.

• comedy

• tragedy

• dialogue tags

• foreshadowing

Pygmalion

A dialect traditionally spoken by working-class Londoners

Cockney

The study and classification of speech sounds.

Phonetics

Pygmalion

 A division of a society based on social and economic status.

Social Class

A thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.

Transformation

Multiple Choice

A dialect traditionally spoken by working-class Londoners.

• Cockney

• Phonetics

• Transformation

• Social Class

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A thorough or dramatic change

• Cockney

• Phonetics

• Transformation

• Social Class

Pygmalion

The expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.

Speech

Social superiority as demonstrated by genteel manners, behavior, or appearances.

Gentility

Pygmalion

The scientific study of language and its structure.

Linguistics

A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area, or social class.

Accent

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Social superiority as demonstrated by genteel manners, behavior, or appearances.

• gentility

• speech

• accent

• linguistics

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The scientific study of language and its structure.

• gentility

• speech

• accent

• linguistics

Pygmalion

Professorial

The customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group

Etiquette

Relating to or characteristic of a professor.

Pygmalion

Freedom from control or influence of another or others

Independence

A way in which a thing is done or happens; a person's outward bearing or way of behaving toward others.

Manners

Multiple Choice

The customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group.

• ettiquette

• professorial

• manners

• independence

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A way in which a thing is done or happens; a person's outward bearing or way of behaving toward others.

• ettiquette

• professorial

• manners

• independence

Pygmalion

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Diction

The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.

Reputation

Pygmalion

The prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages.

Proto-Indo-European

A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

Dialect

Multiple Choice

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

• reputation

• diction

• dialect

• Proto-Indo-European

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A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

• reputation

• diction

• dialect

• Proto-Indo-European

Pygmalion

The act of pronouncing words clearly or expressing oneself clearly

Enunciation (Enunciate)/Articulation (Articulate)

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Enunciation (Enunciate)

Pygmalion

The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals.

Propriety

Genteel

Polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way.

Pygmalion

The skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.

Elocution

A system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.

Hierarchy

Pygmalion

Pedantic

Excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous.

Pygmalion

The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

Vernacular

A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.

Nuance