Drama terms

2. reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture.
3. the insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work.
7. has only one or two personality traits. They are one dimensional
10. the struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story.
11. An atmosphere created by a writer's diction and the details selected.
13. Opponent who struggles against or blocks thehero, or protagonist, in a story.
17. the language spoken by the people who live ni a particular locality.
18. A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story
19. In general, a story in which a heroic character either dies or comes to some other unhappy end
20. a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself
22. is one who does not change much in the course of a story.
24. has more dimensions to their personalities---they are complex

1. a story or poem in which characters,settings,and events that stand for other people or events
4. a type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in silly, far-fetched situations.
5. a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence ofevents in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time.
6. occurs when someone says one thing but really means something else.
8. the series of related events in a story or play, sometimes called the storyline.
9. a long speech made by a characters on stage.
11. the reasons for a character's behavior.
12. the central character in a story, the one who initiates or drives the action. Usually the hero or anti-hero
14. calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or ot a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea. Ifthe character is asking a god or goddess for inspiration it is called an invocation.
15. a discrepancy between appearances and reality.
16. in general, a story that ends with a happy resolution of the conflicts faced by the main character or characters.
21. a speaker or writer's choice of words.
23. A character who acts as contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero.