Genre Characteristics
The person who writes a drama is called what?
Playwright
What is the term for a dramatic device used to hint at future events in a play?
Foreshadowing
Does not include a happy ending. (usually involves death)
Tragedy
What is the main character in a drama called?
Protagonist
What is the term used to describe the time and place in which a drama takes place?
Setting
What is the term used to describe the problem or struggle between opposing forces in a drama?
Conflict
What is the main purpose of drama?
To entertain and engage the audience through story telling
What is the term for a play that mocks or satirizes a specific person, group, or situation?
Satire
Ends happily or is humorous
Comedy
The one who opposes the main character
Antagonist
The author's message of the drama
Theme
What is the term for the point of highest tension or conflict in a play?
Climax
A dramatical piece of literature is called what?
A script
A speech spoken by a single character not intended to be heard by other characters. Reveals a character’s state of mind and inner thoughts.
Soliloquy
Has both comical and tragic elements
Tragicomedy
They help the main characters (friend, sidekick, comic relief, mentor, etc.
Supporting characters
The words characters speak.
Dialogue
Events leading up to the climax (tension builds)
Rising action
The list of characters is referred to as what?
The cast
A long speech spoken by a single character that everyone can hear.
Monologue
Exaggerated drama
Melodrama
The one who tells the story and provides insight
Narrator
Visual elements in drama (costumes, set design, props, lighting, etc.)
Spectacles
What is the term used to describe the final outcome or solution to the conflict in a drama?
Resolution
A playwright's written instructions about how actors should move and behave.
Stage directions
A short comment that a character delivers directly to the audience while other actors on the stage appear not to hear.
Aside
Based on real life events or people
Historical
A group of characters who work together and have equal importance in the story
Ensemble
A drama is composed of what?
Acts and scenes
Introductory section of a play that provides background information and sets the scene
Exposition