Drama Flashcards
Drama
Preformed by actors for an audience
Cast
Performers in a drama
Scene
Main divisions
Setting
Time and place
Dialogue
Spoken lines between 2 people
Stage directions
Direction on how too speak or act or do stuff
EX: sound, lighting, props.
Plot
Series of events in a play
Exposition
Introduces characters setting and conflict
Rising action
Events leading to the climax
Climax
Conflict at its highest, turning point.
Falling action
Leads to the resolution
Resolution
How the conflict is resolved
Point of view
Dialogue revealing the character’s perspective
Monologue
Speech given by 1 actor
Soliloquy
A speech where a character reveals their feeling to the audience
Aside
A comment made to the audience, not heard by other characters
Dramatic irony
When The audience knows something the cast doesn’t
Verbal irony
Character says the opposite of what they mean
Theme
Central message
antiquated speech
EX: thou, ye, etc.
