Drama Terms 1 - English 10H

James (United States of America)
Does not include Comic Relief, Figurative Language, Fourth Wall, or Literal Language.
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  1. allegory
    a short moral story
  2. aside
    a line spoken by an actor not intended for others on stage
  3. chorus
    actors who comment on the action in a classical Greek play
  4. comedy
    light and humorous drama with a happy ending
  5. complication
    a development that makes a situation more challenging
  6. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  7. convention
    something regarded as a normative example
  8. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  9. deus ex machina
    an agent who appears unexpectedly to solve a difficulty
  10. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  11. monologue
    a dramatic speech by a single actor
  12. gesture
    motion of hands or body to emphasize a thought or feeling
  13. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
Created on Thu May 16 22:03:31 EDT 2013 (updated Sat May 18 08:59:02 EDT 2013)

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