Elements of Drama
The series of related events that make up a story.
What is plot?
A playwright's written instructions about how actors should move and behave.
What is stage directions?
Any work meant to be performed for an audience.
What is drama?
The character is someone who has a lot to lose and is generally considered a good person.
What is tragic hero?
A playwright's written instructions about how actors should move and behave.
What are stage directions?
A struggle between a character and opposing characters or opposing forces.
What is conflict?
A section in a play in which all of the events occur in one place at one time.
What are scenes?
A play that has a happy ending.
What is comedy?
A character weakness that he or she can't change.
What is tragic flaw?
Any work meant to be performed for an audience.
What is drama?
The time and place in which a story occurs.
What is setting?
A speech in which a character speaks to a silent or absent listener in a moment of deep emotion.
What is monologue?
A play based mostly on jokes and humor.
What is farce?
Saying humorous things or acting absurdly to relieve the tension of the hero's tragic fall.
What is comic relief?
The opposite of a comedy. Usually has a sad ending.
What is tragedy?
A person (or an animal) in a literary work
What is character?
A speech by a character alone on stage, whose words reveal what he or she is thinking or feeling.
What is soliloquy?
The opposite of a comedy. Usually has a sad ending.
What is tragedy?
Not entirely tragic or happy.
What is ambiguous?
The words characters speak.
What is dialogue?
The words characters speak.
What is dialogue?
A character makes a brief remark, either to the audience or to another character, that others on stage do not hear.
What is aside?
Meant to be performed live, on a stage.
What is theatrical drama?
A drama based on an important historical event or figure.
What is history?
A speech in which a character speaks to a silent or absent listener in a moment of deep emotion.
What is monologue?