Elements of Drama Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 6. is a situation in which the audience or reader has a better understanding of events than the characters in a story do
  2. 9. when an author describes a character in a straightforward manner, as if telling the reader directly
  3. 11. A conversation between two (or more) characters
  4. 12. a piece of literature where the story is meant to be acted; also called a play
  5. 15. a comment that conveys a different meaning than what it may seem to be
  6. 18. Words that paint a picture
  7. 21. lifelike figures with complex, multifaceted personalities. This type of character possesses depth and dimension, and often undergoes personal development over the course of a story
  8. 22. A protagonist is the main character of a story. It could be a “good guy”, but it doesn't have to be
Down
  1. 1. the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
  2. 2. a type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline
  3. 3. a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary
  4. 4. a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story
  5. 5. People, animals, or objects who do the acting in a play
  6. 7. characters that are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work
  7. 8. a method of indicating what a character is like by revealing their personality
  8. 10. A story with a double meaning
  9. 13. A solitary speech in which is the character is speaking to himself or herself
  10. 14. a solitary speech in which the actor is speaking uninterruptedly and the other characters may or may not be listening
  11. 16. A character breaks the fourth wall to interact with the audience
  12. 17. a character who undergoes significant internal change throughout the course of a story
  13. 19. when the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens.
  14. 20. In parenthesis or italics to give extra information to the actors