Drama Terms

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Across
  1. 1. character that is depicted with such depth and detail that they seem real. This character can change throughout the play.
  2. 4. character that is vital to the development and resolution of the conflict. In other words, the plot and resolution of conflict revolves around these characters.
  3. 6. a building or area in which plays and other dramatic performances are given
  4. 8. character that Undergoes an important change in insight or understanding in the course of the play
  5. 9. An interruption of a work's chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of a work's action.
  6. 11. A type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the worse.
  7. 13. The conversation of characters in a literary work.In plays, characters' speech is preceded by their names.
  8. 16. a major unit of action in a play. In many full-length plays, these are further divided into scenes
  9. 17. main character or hero in a drama
  10. 18. short speech or comment delivered by a character to the audience (not heard by the other actors / characters)
  11. 21. character that is a dramatic character who does not change.
  12. 22. A subsidiary or subordinate or parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot.
  13. 23. character that serves to complement the major characters and help move the plot events forward.
Down
  1. 2. literature in which plot and character are developed through dialogue and action
  2. 3. dramatic work that is light and humorous
  3. 5. The means by which writers present and reveal character.
  4. 7. A speech in a play that is meant to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on the stage. If there are no other characters present, it represents the character thinking aloud.
  5. 10. the entire text of a play
  6. 12. author of a play
  7. 14. A speech by a single character without another character's response.
  8. 15. people who take part in the action of a play
  9. 16. character that opposes the hero in a play; Or the force against which another character struggles.
  10. 19. a unit of action, often a subdivision of an act
  11. 20. character in a play that is often, but not always, a minor character. These characters do not change in the course of a play.