The Plays the Thing
The Players
On Stage
The Spoken Word
Wordplay
100

Type of literature in which the story is meant to be acted.

What is drama or a play?

100

People, animals or objects who act in a play

What are the characters?

100

Extra information to actors in parentheses or italics

What are stage directions?

100

The people who play the characters in a drama

Who are the actors?

100

A play that makes you laugh

What is a comedy?

200

The leading or main character

Who is the protagonist?

200

Characters who do not change during the play

What is a static character?

200

Objects that represent something else 

What are symbols or what is symbolism?

200
A conversation between characters

What is dialogue?

200

Words that paint a picture in the mind

What is imagery?

300

The adversary who opposes the leading or main character

Who is the antagonist?

300

Characters who develop or change during a play

What is a dynamic character?

300

When a playwright gives a hint in advance of events to come

What is foreshadowing?

300

A solitary, uninterupted speech by one character 

What is a monologue?

300

A comment that conveys a different meaning than what it may seem to be

What is verbal irony?

400

When the playwright tells you about the character's personality

What is direct characterization?
400

Characters who are underdeveloped

What is a flat character?

400

A story with a double meaning

What is an allegory?

400

A solitary speech in which a character speaks to theirself

What is a soliloquy?

400

When the outcome of a situation is contrary to what was expected

What is situational irony?

500

When the character's personality is revealed through speech, actions, thoughts or appearance

What is Indirect Characterization?

500

Characters who are well developed

What is a round character?

500

Theatre directions as seen from the stage

What is stage right or stage left?

500

When a character talks to the audience

What is an aside?

500

A situation that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

What is dramatic irony?
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