Elements of Drama

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Across
  1. 2. physical representation of the play's setting (location and time period)
  2. 7. instructions for performing a play and the descriptions of settings, characters, and actions.
  3. 9. lengthy speech that one character addresses to others on stage.
  4. 10. a speech meant to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on the stage. Only the audience can hear the private thoughts of the characters.
  5. 12. a group of characters who comment on the action of a play without participating in it.
  6. 13. a major division in a play which can be subdivided into scenes
  7. 15. character someone who does not change over time; his or her personality does not transform or evolve.
  8. 19. a person who changes over time, usually as a result of resolving a central conflict or facing a major crisis.
  9. 20. words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, but not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play.
  10. 22. a series of events, involving a conflict.
  11. 23. a play on words that produces a humorous effect by using a word that suggests two or more meanings or by exploiting similar sounding words that have different meanings. round character
  12. 25. irony in which a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader/audience knows to be true.
  13. 26. gives the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense.
  14. 27. this literary personality is notable for one kind of personality trait or characteristic.
  15. 28. a type of drama in which the characters experience reversal of fortune usually for the worse. Suffering awaits many characters.
  16. 29. where a play takes place
Down
  1. 1. performed by actors for an audience
  2. 2. the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense.
  3. 3. the words actors say
  4. 4. articles or objects that appear on stage during a play
  5. 5. irony in which an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience.
  6. 6. the people who perform
  7. 8. purpose is to give the spectator a moment of “relief ” with a light-hearted scene, after a succession of intensely tragic dramatic moments
  8. 11. a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement.
  9. 14. combines two words of contrasting meanings to convey a single thought or idea (big baby/living dead)
  10. 16. a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of the other character.
  11. 17. a complex personality; he or she is often portrayed as a conflicted and contradictory person.
  12. 18. a segment of an Act, used to indicate a change in time or location
  13. 21. a literary genre and a type of dramatic work that is amusing and satirical in its tone, mostly having a cheerful ending.
  14. 23. the author of a play
  15. 24. irony in which words used to suggest the opposite of what is meant.