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Drama Keywords
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- 1AllegoryA symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning.
- 2AntagonistA character or force against which another character struggles.
- 3AsideWords spoken by an actor directly to the audience, which are not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play.
- 4CatastropheThe action at the end of a tragedy that initiates the denouement or falling action of a play.
- 5CharacterAn imaginary person that inhabits a literary work.
- 6CharacterizationThe means by which writers present and reveal character.
- 7ChorusA group of characters who comment on the action of a play without participation in it.
- 8ClimaxThe turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story.
- 9Comic reliefThe use of a comic scene to interrupt a succession of intensely tragic dramatic moments.
- 10ComplicationAn intensification of the conflict in a story or play.
- 11ConflictA struggle between opposing forces in a story or play, usually resolved by the end of the work.
- 12ConnotationThe associations called up by a word that goes beyond its dictionary meaning.
- 13DenouementThe resolution of the plot of a literary work.
- 14DialogueThe conversation of characters in a literary work.
- 15Dramatic monologueA type of poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener.
- 16ExpositionThe first stage of a fictional or dramatic plot, in which necessary background information is provided
- 17Falling actionthe action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution.
- 18FlashbackAn interruption of a work's chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame
- 19ForeshadowingHints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story
- 20GestureThe physical movement of a character during a play.
- 21MonologueA speech by a single character without another character's response.
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- Leaving Certificate English Flashcards on Drama Keywords, created by Louise Kelly on 30/05/2018.
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