Drama Terms

A form of literature that is intended to be performed not read.

• Play

• Poem

• Short Stories

• Narratives

The written text of a play.

• Script

• Pages

• Dialogue

• Chapters

One or more performers who speak directly to the audience.

• Monologue

• Main Character

• Narrator

• Solioquy

Which of the following is NOT a job of the Narrator?

• Tell a story

• Give information

• Spoil the ending

• Comment on the action of a scene

A genre that tells a story with a more serious tone.

• Comedy

• Drama

• Romance

• Trajedy

A genre that tells a story, intended to make the audience laugh.

• Drama

• Romance

• Comedy

• Trajedy

Presents serious events that end unhappily.

• Trajedy

• Drama

• Comedy

• Romance

A noble character with a lot to lose, who has a personal weakness (flaw) that leads to his or her downfall.

• Main Character

• Hero

• Antagonist

• Tragic Hero

A character who acts as a contrast to another character.

• Coil

• Foil

• Opposites

• Good guys and bad guys

A speech by one actor; a long talk by one person heard by everyone on stage.

• Dialogue

• Soliloquy

• Conversation

• Monologue