Drama Flashcards
Cast
The performers in a drama
Act
the main divisions of a drama
Scene
The smaller divisions within an act
Setting
The place and time where the action takes place
Dialogue
The lines spoken by the character
Stage directions
The directions telling characters how to speak or act
Time and place
Any other factors that directly affect the character
Atmosphere
A setting might make a character relaxed,anxious,fearful,or angry
Plot
Sires of events where the character try to solve a problem
Exposition
Introduces the charcters,setting,and conflict
Rising action
Events:lead to the climax
Climax
Turning point,conflict highest
Falling action
Leads to the resolution
Resolution
How the conflict is or is not resolved
Idiom
An idiom,common phrase that has a different meaning than the meaning of its individual words
POV
Characters, perspective
Drama
Performed by actors for an audience
Monologue
Speech given by one actor
Soliloquy
Character reveals thoughts
Aside
Comment made to the audience, not heard
Verbal irony
Character says the opposite of what they mean
Dramatic irony
Audience knows
Theme
The themes central message
Figures of speech
Idiom