Drama terms

Plot

• The struggle between opposing forces

• The sequence of events that make up the story

• The emotional feeling or atmosphere of the story experienced by the reader

• The spoken words between characters

Character

• The emotional feeling or atmosphere of the story experienced by the reader

•  The time, place, and environment where the story takes place

•  The people or animals in the story

• A parallel or smaller plot that coexists with the main action of the play

Setting

• The time, place, and environment where the story takes place

• The struggle between opposing forces

• The underlying message or idea of the story

• The spoken words between characters

Conflict

• The emotional feeling or atmosphere of the story experienced by the reader

• A parallel or smaller plot that coexists with the main action of the play

• The arrogant pride in a character that will ultimately lead to his/her downfall

• The struggle between opposing forces

Theme

• A long speech delivered by on character

• The emotional feeling or atmosphere of the story experienced by the reader

• The underlying message or idea of the story

• When the audience knows something that the characters do not

Mood

• The emotional feeling or atmosphere of the story experienced by the reader

• The time, place, and environment where the story takes place

• The arrogant pride in a character that will ultimately lead to his/her downfall

• A long speech delivered by one character

Symbols

• The struggle between apposing forces

• The major division in a play; can be divided into scenes

• The spoken words between characters

• Objects, colors, or other things that represent something else in the story

Verbal irony

• The underlying message or idea of the story

• A subdivision of an act - one event or conversation

• Someone says the opposite of what they actually mean, often to be sarcastic or humorous.

• The emotional feeling or atmosphere of the story experienced by the reader

Sub-plot

• A parallel or smaller plot that coexists with the main action of the play

• The arrogant pride in a character that will ultimately lead to his /her downfall

• The spoken words between characters

• The major division in a play; can be divided into scenes

Hubris

• The struggle between opposing forces

• The underlying message or idea of the story

• A long speech delivered by one character

• The arrogant pride in a character that will ultimately lead to his/her downfall