Drama Terms

3. Lines spoken by only one character
5. A type of drama in which characters experience a reversal in fortune, usually for the worse
8. A conversation betweentwo or more characters
9. A character or force against which another character struggles
11. A group of characters (esp. in a Greek tragedy) who act like narrators and comment on the action without participating
13. The major division in a play;can be divided into scenes
14. The playwright’s instructions to the actors(2 words, no space)
15. A character who undergoes little to no inner change (2 words, no space)
17. The events in the play

1. A parallel or smaller plot that coexists with the main action of the play
2. An introductory speech that introduces background information or characters
4. The main character in the literary work –the one we “root for”
6. When a character says something to the audience that isn’t heard by the other characters
7. This person undergoes an important change or development during the play (2 words, no space)
10. The invisibledivision between the characters and the audience (2 words, no space)
11. A dramatic work in which the main theme is triumph over adverse circumstances
12. A subdivision of an act –one event or conversation
16. Acharacter’s main drive or purpose