Drama Terms Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. is a work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience
  2. 4. thoughts spoken aloud by a character who is alone, or he/she likes is alone
  3. 5. a character who is much like another in rank, class, and background, but has opposite traits which provide contrast and sometimes a conflict between the two characters
  4. 6. when the audience or reader knows something that the characters in the story don't know
  5. 8. italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or costumes, give further information about a character, or provide background information
  6. 10. a listing of the characters who appear on the stage
  7. 14. conversation between two or more characters
Down
  1. 1. a protagonist with a fatal flaw that eventually leads to his demise
  2. 3. is a long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to the audience
  3. 7. lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience
  4. 9. a serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of his own actions
  5. 11. is a humorous work of drama
  6. 12. division within a play, much like the chapters in a novel
  7. 13. a division of an act into smaller parts