1. Drama

2. Drama Vocabulary Drama – a story performed by actors
Actor – someone who performs a part in a drama
Character – the role of someone in a drama
Protagonist
Main character
Antagonist
A character who opposes the main
character

3. Dramatic Foil
A character which has some of the same traits as the main character, but also some differences.
The differences tend to point out a flaw in the main character.

4. Types of Drama Tragedy Comedy Farce
Ends in catastrophe for the main character
Comedy
Has a happy ending
Farce
Exaggerated situations
Improbable situations
Physical humor

5. Dialogue Dialogue – a conversation between actors in a drama
Types of Dialogue
Monologue - an actor making a rather lengthy
speech to other characters on stage
Soliloquy - an actor making a rather lengthy
speech alone on the stage
Aside - an actor speaking only to the audience. The other actors on stage presumably cannot hear

6. Staging Notes
Upstage
Right
Left
Center
Stage
Downstage
Audience

7. Divisions in a Drama Act Scene Purpose Large division of a drama
Smaller division of a drama
Purpose
To move the action
Location
Time

8. Staging Notes Set – the props and scenery used on the stage
Stage Directions – notes written by the author which tell how a drama should be performed

9. Irony
Verbal
Dramatic
Situational

10. I love teaching math. It’s the best subject ever!
Irony
Irony – when the outcome is the opposite of what is expected
I love teaching math. It’s the best subject ever!
I hate math!

11. Verbal Irony
Definition - words are used to express the opposite of what they mean
Examples
Hot
Cool
Sweet
Tight
I look so hot on my board!

12. Dramatic Irony
Definition – the audience knows something that the character does not
Example
Monster lurking behind a door in a movie

13. I hate people who hate Christmas!
Situational Irony
Definition - an event occurs which directly contradicts the expectations of the characters and the audience
Everyone is surprised.
Example
In “A Christmas Carol” Scrooge ends up loving Christmas
I hate people who hate Christmas!

14. Drama Techniques
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Suspense
Parody

15. I remember that day; it was the saddest of my life!
Flashback
Definition – a section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time
I remember that day; it was the saddest of my life!

16. Foreshadowing
Definition - the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur (used to create suspense)

17. What’s going to happen next?
Suspense
Definition – a feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events
What’s going to happen next?
I can’t stand it!

18. Parody
Definition - a work done in imitation of another, usually to mock it
Examples
Scary Movie
Weird Al