| A | B |
|---|
| act | a major division of a drama |
| aside | a comment made by an actor to another actor or the audience which at least one character apparently cannot hear |
| comedy | a drama in which the conflict is resolved happily |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more characters |
| dramatic convention | anything the audience accepts as reality which it would not in everyday situations |
| dramatic irony | situation in which the audience understands something which the characters do not |
| monologue/soliloquy | one character speaking during which the audience hears the character's thoughts |
| narrator | character who relates a story from his or her point-of-view |
| scene | a division of an act of a drama |
| script | dialogue plus stage directions |
| set | the scenery and props of a drama |
| telescoping of time | a dramatic convention in which time appears to be speeded up |
| tragedy | drama in which the main character's lives turn out badly |
| tragic flaw | personal characteristic or decision that causes the downfall of the main character |
| traveler (curtain) | a moveable curtain |
