Words for People
A word for a brother or a sister.
What is a sibling?
A comparison between two unlike things using a comparing wordsuch as "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
The people in a story.
Who are characters?
The conversation between the people in a play.
What is dialogue?
A person of the same age, rank or status as oneself.
Who is a peer?
A comparison between two unlike things without the use of comparing word (one thing may be said to be the other)
What is a metaphor?
The place and time of the story.
What the setting?
The person that writes a play.
Who is a playwright?
A person who helps another person to commit a crime.
Who is an accomplice?
Giving human attributes or qualities to objects.
What is personification?
It is the sequence of events in a story or play.
What is the plot?
A major division in a play, roughly equivalent to a chapter in a novel.
(Not usually applicable to short plays.)
What is an act?
A person who is entitled to receive money or property from a will or insurance policy.
Who is a beneficiary?
A word that actually mimics the sound of the object or action to which it refers.
What is onomatopeia?
This is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
A part of a play during which there is no change in time or place .
What is a scene?
The former or previous occupant of an office, position, etc.
Who is a predecessor?
A play on the sound or meaning of a word.
What is a pun?
A clash between opposing forces. it may be internal or external.
What is conflict?
Descriptive or interpretive comments that provide readers (as well as actors and directors) with information about the dialogue, setting, and action of a play.
What are stage directions?