Key ideas
Dramatic terms
Dramatic issues, concerns and context
Dramatic themes
Approaching the writing
100

Most plays will usually contain a monolgue. It is also known by this term.

What is a soliloquy?

100
An uncomplicated character who doesn't develop or change over the course of a play or exists simply to advance the plot

What is a flat character?

100

The time period which can influence the writing of any piece of literature, but is uniquely important in the performance of a play. 

What is context?
100

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is this type of play.

The family drama

100

When writing about a dramatic piece, the length and style of the lines can reveal interesting ideas.

What is form? 

200
How something is said is just as important as what is being said.

What is dramatic language?

200

Characters speaking  to each other is known as this.

What is dialogue

200

Sometimes these are resolved by the end of the play, sometimes they are not.

What is an issue?

200

Conflict exists between older and younger generations and is usually a favorite theme. Romeo and Juliet is a classic example of this.

 What is youth and age? 

200
This relates to the play as a whole and one part of it contributes to it. 

What is structure?

300

The information given about how this should look at various times in the play. 

What is staging?

300
The emotional goal  of objective(s) of the character, such as the need to be loved or admired. 

What is motive?

300

This is usually a control for power and is demonstrated as a form of attack on another character. 

What is a polemic?

300
This is the most common theme of prose, poetry and drama.
What is love?
300

AO3 is an extremely important part when it comes to writing about drama. It can provide insight to the reader. 

What is interpretation?
400
This is considered a major dramatic effect; Brick does it to almost everyone.

What is alienation?

400

Any single unit of speech which might include sighs, gasps, cries, etc. 

What is utterance? 

400

The issue with Brick is never really mentioned in the play, but instead it is this. 

What is nuanced?

400

Looks can be deceiving

What is appearance vs. reality?

400

This shapes the dramatic methods, structure, language, and relates to the text as a whole.

What is the writer's style?

500

The way in which a writer creates or constructs a character.

What is characterization?

500

The level of power a particular character has which can be external, emotional or physical 

What is status? 

500

The issue or concern does not exist in the abstract... it exists on the stage and on this.

What is dramatic impact or effect?

500

Men vs. women

What are gender debates?

500
This is rarely ever done in a drama; even the passage piece, which contributes to the play as a whole and the wider world, does not do this.

What is resolved?