drama Flashcards
Any force in a story that is in conflict with the protagonist
Antagonist
A brief speech in which a charcter turns from the person being addressed t speak directley to the audience
Aside
A term used by aristotle to describe some sort of emotional release experienced by the audience at the end of a successful tragedy
Catharsis
any of the persons involved in a story or play
Character
A group of unnamed characters who offer comments on the action of the play and prayers to gods or goddesses and who give insight into the theme or moral to the play
Chorus
the turning point or high point in a plot
climax
a type of drama opposed to tragedy
comedy
that portion of a plot that reveals the final outcome of its conflicts or the solution of its mysteries
Denouement
The resolution of a plot by use of a highly improbable hance or oincidence
Deus ex machina
any dramatic device which, through it departs form reality, is implicitly accepted by author and audience as a means of representing reality
Dramatic convention
The situation, wheather actual or fictional, realistic or fanciful, in chich an author places his or her characters in order to express the theme
Dramatic Framework
The presentation of character or of emotion through the speech or action of characters rather than through exposition, analysis, or description by the author.
Dramatization
The segment of the plot that comes between the climax and the conclusion.
Falling Action
A type of drama related to comedy but emphasizing improbable situations, violent conflicts, phusical action, and coarse witt
Farce
The error, frailty, mistaken judgment, or misstep through which the fortunes of the hero of a tragedy are reversed.
Hamartia
An ending in chich the central problem or conflict is left unresolved.
indeterminate Ending
The method of characterization in which the author shows the audience a character in action, compelling the audience to infer what the character is like from what is said or done by the character.
Indirect presentation of character
The juxtaposition of the way reality is perceived and the way reality is
Irony
a type of drama related to tragedy but featuring sensational incidens, emphasizing plot at the expense of characterization,, relyng on cruder conflicts
Melodrama
In drama, a character, found in some plays, who, speaking directly to the audience, introduces the action and provides a string of commentary between the dramatic scenes.
Narator
A maker or writer of plays.
Playwright
The central character in a story.
Protagonist
The development of plot in a story that precedes and leads up to the climax.
Rising Action
The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.
Setting
