Drama Flashcards
Drama
Preformed by actors for a audience
Cast
Proformers of a drama
Act
Main divisions of a drama
Scene
Smaller division in a drama
Setting
Place and time of a drama
Dialogue
Lines spoken by characters
Stage directions
Directions telling characters how to speak and act
Plot
Series of events where the characters try to solve the problem or goal
Exposition
Introduces the characters settings and plot
Rising action
Events leading to climax
Climax
Turning point where conflict is highest
Point of no return
Falling action
Leads to the resolution
Resolution
Conflict is solved
Idiom
Not really meaning that (ex. I’m cooked)
Adage(proverb)
Advice e(ex. Slow and steady wins the race)
Point of view
Characters prospective
Monologue
Speech given by one actor
Soliloquy
Characters reveals thoughts
Aside
Comments made to audience that are not heard by other characters
Dramatic irony
Audience knows
Verbal irony
Characters doesn’t say what they mean (ex. Sarcasm)
Theme
Central message
