Drama terms + play structure

Tragedy

• a narrative about serious and important actions that end unhappily, usually with the death of the main character(s).

• sections plays are broken up into (normally 3 or 5)

• A long uninterupted speech given by one character alone on stage, inaudible to other characters

• A dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.

Acts

• The spoken interactions between the characters.

• sections that acts are broken up into

• sections plays are broken up into (normally 3 or 5)

• long uninterupted speech given by one character onstage to everyone

Scenes

• sections plays are broken up into (normally 3 or 5)

• sections that acts are broken up into

• A long uninterupted speech given by one character alone on stage, inaudible to other characters

• A Character who, through difference or similarity, brings out a particular aspect of another character

Monologue

• a narrative about serious and important actions that end unhappily, usually with the death of the main character(s).

• A short specch given by one character, often directly to the audience so the other characters cannot hear

• A long uninterupted speech given by one character alone on stage, inaudible to other characters

• long uninterupted speech given by one character onstage to everyone

Solilioquy

• A long uninterupted speech given by one character alone on stage, inaudible to other characters

• A short specch given by one character, often directly to the audience so the other characters cannot hear

• long uninterupted speech given by one character onstage to everyone

• A pair of characters who are opposite in many ways and highlight or exaggerate each other's differences.

Dramatic Foil

• A humorous play on words.

• A pair of characters who are opposite in many ways and highlight or exaggerate each other's differences.

• a narrative about serious and important actions that end unhappily, usually with the death of the main character(s).

• A long uninterupted speech given by one character alone on stage, inaudible to other characters.

Aside

• A Character who, through difference or similarity, brings out a particular aspect of another character.

• long uninterupted speech given by one character onstage to everyone.

• A long uninterupted speech given by one character alone on stage, inaudible to other characters.

• A short specch given by one character, often directly to the audience so the other characters cannot hear.

Pun

• Any person appearing in the play.

• A humorous play on words.

• The central meaning of the play. The themes.

• The Story of the play.