Drama Review

2. A solitary speech in which the actor is speaking uninterruptedly and the other characters may or may not be listening.
6. an internal or external struggle
8. A conversation between two (or more) characters
9. The turning point or high point of a story, the highest point of suspense
11. a text with characters intended to be acted
13. when a situation turns out differently than expected
15. people who see the performance
17. a play where the plot was intended to be comical
18. sequence of events or action
19. directions In parenthesis or italics to give extra information to the actors
21. Where the action of the play takes place; has three literal walls and one invisible wall
22. A type (of literature, music, etc.)
23. People, animals, or objects who do the acting in a play

1. specific elements used in a play that make it unique compared to other genres
3. a person who writes a play
4. when the audience knows something the characters do not
5. the central message or idea of a text
7. A solitary speech in which the character is speaking to himself or herself
10. Any moveable object that appears on stage during a performance
12. A character breaks the fourth wall to interact with the audience
14. a type of play where the plot ends with a devastating outcome
16. the time, date, season, weather, location, historical period
20. major divisions of plot in a play
21. what the actors and actresses use to learn and perform lines