Drama Terms
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- Q1the person(s) who wrote the play, like the author of a bookplaywright30s
- Q2conversations between charactersdialogue30s
- Q3the role a person plays brought to life on stagecharacters30s
- Q4information to the cast and crew about sound effects or movement (usually written in italics or parentheses)stage directions30s
- Q5literature meant to be performed on stagedrama30s
- Q6a part of an act where an action takes place in a single settingscenes30s
- Q7small movable objects used to make actions seem realistic (ex/ a phone, vase, clipboard)props30s
- Q8main sections of a drama comprised of one or more scenes (1st act = introduction, middle acts = conflicts, final act= resolution of conflict)acts30s
- Q9an opening that introduces that rest of the play and lets the audience know what to expectprologue30s
- Q10short conclusion at the end of a dramatic work that provides insight about what happens after the storyline endsepilogue30s
- Q11a remark by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the playaside30s
- Q12the construction on the stage that shows the time and place of the actionset30s
- Q13the text for the play; includes components like characters, dialogue, and stage directionsscript*30s
- Q14a character that gives additional information and fills in details about characters' feelings or motives, or changes in the settingnarrator*30s