Dramatic Elements Vocabulary

The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, thoughts

• Direct characterization
• Flat Character
• Static Character
• Indirect Characterization

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

• Antagonist
• Dynamic Character
• Protagonist
• Dialogue

In parenthesis or italics to give extra information to the actors

• Stage directions
• Aside
• Dialogue
• Script

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary

• Antagonist
• Protagonist
• Static Character
• Allegory

A conversation between two (or more) characters

• Aside
• Dialogue
• Stage Directions
• Imagery

A literary device the author uses to create an experience for the reader using sensory description

• Protagonist
• Static Character
• Description
• Imagery

A solitary speech in which is the character is speaking to himself or herself

• Monologue
• Aside
• Dialogue
• Soliloquy 

A story with a double meaning

• Allegory
• Play
• Dialogue
• Imagery

A character breaks the fourth wall to interact with the audience

• Dialogue
• Allegory
• Imagery
• Aside

Characters that are well developed in a text

• Static Character
• Dynamic Character
• Round Character
• Flat Character