| A | B |
| soliloquy | speech by a character alone on stage who is speaking to himself or herself or to the audience |
| aside | a comment that only the audience is supposed to hear |
| staging | everything that is part of a play but is not part of the written script |
| play | a story acted out live and on stage |
| dialogue | the conversation between characters in a play |
| monologue | a long speech by one character to one or more other characters |
| conflict | the play is based on this |
| script | the text of a play |