R&J Theater Vocabulary

a character speaking their thoughts aloud but not to anyone else

• sonnet

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

 a speech made by a character to other characters, sometimes to a crowd​

• monologue

• sonnet

• soliloquy

• oxymoron

when the audience knows something a character on stage does not know

• aside

• drama

• tragedy

• dramatic irony

lines spoken to the audience as if other actors can't hear them

• oxymoron

• aside

• exuent

• run-on line

a play for theater, radio, or television​

• drama

• acting

• movie

• tragedy

a type of drama based on human suffering and the terrible or sorrowful events that happen to a main character​

• tragedy

• comedy

• drama

• aside

like a chapter, but for plays​

• scene

• act

• part

• section

a section of the play where characters engage in action or dialogue​

• act

• scene

• chapter

• monologue

a speech that is delivered to the audience before the main action begins on stage​

• monologue

• dialogue

• aside

• prologue

when two or more people are in conversation with each other​

• dialogue

• monologue

• prologue

• soliloquy