| A | B |
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| comedy | a lighthearted play with a happy ending |
| tragedy | a serious play with a sad ending |
| history | a play based on the life of an English king |
| soliquoy | a character alone on the stage gives a long speech |
| monologue | when a character gives a long speech |
| pun | a play on words (joke made by using different meanings of words) |
| act | main parts that a play is divided into |
| scenes | parts of an act where events happen in the same place |
| plot | the story of the play |
| prologue | a speech that introduces the play |
| dialogue | the words characters speak to each other |
| climax | the most exciting part (high point) |
| stage directions | instructions for the actors in a play |
| setting | where and when a play takes place |
| protagonist | most important person(s) in the play |
| chorus | a person who introduces the story in a play |
| villain | the evil, bad person in a play |
| aside | a comment made to the audience that the other characters do not hear |
| foil | a character who provides a strong contrast to another character. |
| dramatic irony | when the audience knows something that the characters don't |
