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| 1. musical play | Play in which some of the story is told in song. |
| 2. denouement | The solution of a plot in a play. The outcome |
| 4. monologue | A part of the play when one actor speaks alone. |
| 6. chorus | The group that sings and dances in a musical play.--A person on stage who talks to the audience about the course of the play. |
| 7. supporting figures | Those people who play only a minor role in the play |
| 8. soliloquy | A speech by an actor alone that reveals his own thoughts. |
| 9. antagonist | The foe, opponent, or adversary of the hero or heroine |
| 10. protagonist | Hero or main character |
| 11. climax | The point of highest interest where the problems or conflicts are solved. |
| 13. tragicomedy | A play having both tragic and comic elements. |
| 14. dialogue | a conversation between two or more people in the play |
| 15. farce | A play intended merely to make people laugh, full of ridiculuous happenings, absurb, improbable. |
| 16. drama | Type of literature which is written to be acted out. The action progresses through the development of setting , characters and plot. |
| 17. rising action | The series of events leading to a high point. |
| 18. catastrophe | The final revelations or outcome of a tragedy |
| 19. exposition | Introductory section presenting characters,time,place and situation. |
| 20. exciting force | Initiates action in the play |
| 21. falling action | Series of events following the high point |
| 22. turning point | highest point of action in the play |
| 23. stage right | right side of stage from actor's view |
| 24. upstage | area of stage away from the footlights |
| 25. audience | viewers |
| 26. stage left | left side of stage from actor's view |
| 27. downstage | aread of stage close to the footlights |
| 28. tragedy | protagonist meets with defeat of death |
| 30. comedy | amusing play that ends happily |
| 31. plot | Main action or events of play |
| 32. act | subdivision of a play |
| 33. motivation | Reasons behind a character's actions |
| 34. aside | Words spoken by an actor which the other actors are not supposed to hear |
| 34.props | stage furnishings |
