Drama Flashcards
What is conflict?
Conflict may be a problem of a dilemma. It may be a serious disagreement between characters or difficult decision a character faces.
What is drama?
Drama is the performance of a story which usually takes place on a stage.
What is the setting of a play?
The setting is the time and place in which the story takes place.
What is the theme of a play?
The theme of a play is the main message or ideas the playwright wants you to think about.
What is scenery?
The scenery is the painted background used to represent a place on a stage or film set.
What is tone of voice?
Tone of voice is the way a character says something, e.g.
angry, shocked or sad.
Who is the hero of a play?
The hero is the main male character in a play.
Who is the villain in a play?
The villain is the ‘baddie’ in the play.
What are stage directions?
Stage directions tell us what characters do on stage. They also tell us the characters’ tone of voice.
What is the plot of a play?
The plot is the actions and the events in the play and how one thing leads on to another.
What are costumes?
Costumes are the clothes the characters wear.
What are props?
Props are the movable objects on the stage.
What is dramatic irony?
Dramatic irony is when the audience know more than the characters on the stage.
What is the most dramatic moment in the play called?
The climax of the play is its most dramatic moment.
What do you call the writer of a play?
A playwright
What do you call the person who oversees the performance of the play and has overall responsibility for its production?
The director
What is an aside?
An aside is when a character speaks to the audience and no other characters on stage are aware of what is said.
What is a monologue?
A monologue is a long passage of dialogue spoken by one character.
What is a soliloquy?
A soliloquy is a monologue that the character addresses to the audience when no other characters are on stage. Soliloquies tend to reveal a characters inner most thoughts and feelings.
What is tension?
Tension is a sense of anticipation or conflict within characters or character relationships, or problems, surprise and mystery in stories and ideas to propel dramatic action and create audience engagement.
What is suspense?
Suspense is an uneasy feeling that an audience member gets when she doesn’t know what is going to happen next.
Novels tend to be organised into chapters. How are play texts structured?
Play texts are divided into Acts and Scenes.
An act is a part of a play defined by elements such as rising action, climax, and resolution. It is made up of a number of scenes.
A scene normally represents actions happening in one place at one time, and may be marked off from the next scene by a curtain, a black-out, or a brief emptying of the stage.
What is foreshadowing?
Foreshadowing is used to give the audience a hint of what is to come later.
Foreshadowing is useful for creating suspense, a feeling of unease, a sense of curiosity, or a mark that things may not be as they seem.
What is a flashback?
A flashback is a scene that takes place before a story begins.
Flashbacks interrupt the chronological (time) order to take an audience back in time to the past events in a character’s life
Who is the heroine in a play?
A central female character in a play may be called a heroine.
