Parts of a Drama

A long speech given by one character.

• Aside

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Tragedy

Spoken dialogue by a character in a play.

• Line

• Stage Directions

• Scene

• Act

The conversation between two or more characters is called

• monologue

• dialogue

• soliloquy

• chorus

acts are divided into

• monologue

• dialogue

• scenes

• stage directions

Plays are divided into

• scenes

• acts

• stage directions

• asides

the characters, or parts, that will be in the play

• script

• dialogue

• cast of characters

a part in the play: they tell the details the characters don't know or details about the setting

• narrator

• author

• playwright

the lines the characters say narrator1: boy: girl:

• speaking

• dialogue

• plot

words in italics and brackets or parenthesis that tell us 1. what the character is doing 2. details about the setting

• tragedy

• theme

• stage directions

a smaller section of a play

• acts

• scene

• script