drama terms

4. A type of drama in which characters experience a reversal in fortune, usually for the worse
5. A hero’s weakness, usually resulting in his/her demise
7. An introductory speech that introduces background information or characters
10. A character or force against which another character struggles
13. Hinting at what is to come – sometimes through an object that becomes important later in the play
15. A dramatic work in which the main theme is triumph over adverse circumstances
17. A character who undergoes little to no inner change
18. The events in the play
19. A character’s main drive or purpose
20. A group of characters (esp. in a Greek tragedy) who act like narrators and comment on the action without participating
21. A parallel or smaller plot that coexists with the main action of the play

1. A subdivision of an act – one event or conversation
2. The invisible division between the characters and the audience
3. This person undergoes an important change or development during the play
6. The main character in the literary work- the one that we root for
8. A conversation between two or more characters
9. the arrogant pride in a character that will ultimately lead to his/her downfall
11. The playwright’s instructions to the actors
12. a secondary character whose situation parallels the main character’s
14. The major division in a play; can be divided into scenes
16. When a character says something to the audience that isn’t heard by the other characters
19. Lines spoken by only one character