| A | B |
|---|
| tragedy | play of serious and important actions that ends unhappily |
| tragic hero | central or main noble character whose failing leads to downfall |
| tragic flaw | character trait that leads the hero to make bad choices |
| comedy | play that ends happily |
| comic relief | bit of humor in a serious play that relieves the tension |
| dramatic irony | audience knows something that the character is not aware of |
| foreshadow | give a hint or clue to future events |
| Act | section or chapter of a play |
| scene | section of an act |
| stage directions | text that tells how character move around the stage and how they say their lines |
| aside | lines spoken to audience or aother character that are not suppose to be heard by all the characters on stage |
| monologue | long speech by one character to other characters on stage |
| soliloquy | speech by a character alone onstage to himself or to the audience |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more characters |
| foil | character used to rpovide contrast for another character |
| comic relief | character added for humor to relieve seriousness |
| pun | a play on words |
