Drama Terms - Macbeth

a division within a play, much like chapters of a novel

• act

• scene

• lines

• tragedy

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience

• aside

• siloloquey

• tragic hero

• elaboration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, orgeneral audience to the action of the play

• chorus

• tragic hero

• director

• cast of characters

conversation between two or more characters

• monologue

• soliloquey

• dialogue

• foil

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a division of an act into smaller parts

• scene

• act

• lines

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

thoughts spoken aloud by a character when they are alone, or thinks they are alone

• soliloquy

• dialogue

• foil

• aside

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a protagonist with a fatal flaw that eventually leads to his demise

• comic relief

• foil

• tragic hero

• secondary character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of his own actions

• comedy

• history

• tragedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

character who is nearly opposite of another character

• minor character

• foil

• tragic hero

• comic relief

a list of characters presented before the action begins

• cast

• narrator

• credits

• monologue