Drama Speeches
A comment made by a character, but is not heard by the other characters on stage.
an aside
The background of the play?
scenery
The can be detailed or minimal, and help the set the style of the play.
costumes
A conversation among characters.
What is a dialogue?
A story written to be acted in front of an audience.
A long speech delivered by a character who is alone on stage and appears to be talking to himself/herself?
soliloquy
Plays broken into smaller parts.
acts
Items that the characters carry or handle on the stage.
props
Acts are broken down into smaller parts.
What are scenes?
The written version of a drama.
What is a Script?
A long speech delivered by a character who is speaking to an audience within a play or the audience in the auditorium.
monologue
Notes to the actors, directors, and readers about what to do and how to speak.
stage directions
Stage directions reveal information about ______, _______, and ________.
What are sets, movement, and emotion?
The five basic elements of drama.
What are dialogue, stage directions, script, act, and scene?
The word drama comes from the Greek verb meaning "to do".
What is Dran?
The play that was used for a soliloquy example, written by Shakespeare.
Romeo and Juliet
Describe how stage directions are written.
italics and in square brackets
The four things of scene design.
What are the sets, lighting, costumes, and props?
The three types of Irony?
What is Situational irony, Verbal irony, and Dramatic irony?
Although drama shares many elements with stories, essays, and poetry it is different because...
What is designed to be preformed for an audience?
Another word for a drama
a play
Stage directions also give instruction about _________ and __________.
special effects and how actors should move and speak
Changes the mood and appearance of the set.
What is the lighting?
The three ways a character's personality is revealed.
What is how a character looks, what the character says, and how the character acts?
Two types of dramas.
What are comedies and tragedies?