Drama Flashcards
narrative writing preformed in front of an audience
Drama
Narratives with the intent of making audience laugh
Comedies
Tragic, Dark, protagonists are burdened with a major flaw that prevents them from getting their happy ending
Tragedies
Similar to comedy – exaggerated and improbable situations
Farce
Appeals to the audience’s emotions - passionate and sensational. Characters are stereotypical and have one dimensional personalities
Melodrama
Music, signing, dancing, dialogue, acting
Musical Drama
In front of an audience, based on dialogue, conversation driven
Drama
Meant to be read, uses a narrator
Fiction
Thought or information that only the audience can hear. Everything freezes except the character that is giving the information “time freeze”
Asides
Speech and inner thoughts except no time freeze
Soliloquies