Elements of Drama

The playwright is -

• The people who form the play

• The author of the play

• Parts of the act

• The units of action

What is dialogue?

• Long speech by one single character that other characters can hear

• Long speech by a character when alone (reveals private thoughts and emotions)

• Brief comment that other characters can't hear (intended for the audience)

• Conversation between or among characters

What is a monologue?

• Conversation between or among characters

• Long speech by a single character that other characters can hear

• Long speech by a character when alone (reveals private thoughts and emotions)

• Brief comment other characters can't hear (intended for audience)

What is a soliloquy?

• Brief comment other characters can't hear (intended for audience)

• Long speech by a single character that other characters can hear.

• Long speech by character when alone (reveals private thoughts and emotions)

• Conversation between characters

What is an aside?

• Conversation between characters

• Brief comment that other characters can't hear (intended for audience)

• Long speech given by character when alone (reveals private thoughts and emotions)

• Long speech by one single character that other characters can hear.

What are stage directions?

• Where a play takes place

• Construction on the stage that shows time and place

• Small movable items that the actors use to make actions look real

• Found in brackets, describes scenery and the way characters speak

What are the two types of drama?

• Comedy and horror

• Tragedy and action

• Comedy and Tragedy

• Action and Fantasy

Tragic hero is described as -

• The main character brought down by a tragic flaw

• Antagonist who "brings down" or causes the demise the main character

• An evil force in society

• A character who has no character development throughout the play

Dramatic irony is -

• When the opposite outcome that is expected occurs

• When you say the opposite of what you mean (sarcasm)

• When the audience knows something a character does not

• External or internal struggle between opposing forces, ideas, or interests that causes dramatic tension

The construction on the stage that shows the time and place is -

• Props

• Stage direction

• Conflict

• Set