The method in which an author constructs a character by explicitly stating aspects of his/her personality and appearance or by revealing aspects of a character through their actions, thoughts, speech, other characters, etc.
Characterization
Literary works written in a stage play format which includes dialogue and stage directions that is intended to be performed.
Drama
Spoken lines by characters in a story that serve many functions such as adding context to a narrative, establishing voice and tone, or setting forth conflict.
Dialogue
an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
Stage Directions
a set of rules the actor, writer, and/or director employs to create a desired dramatic effect that is understood by the audience.
Dramatic Conventions
A division within an act.
Scene
When the author gives the reader a hint of what is to come.
Foreshadowing
The main lesson that the writer is trying to convey.
Theme.
A major character in the play whose ideas and/or values conflict with those of the protagonist.
Antagonist
The point of tension between characters that moves the story forward.
Conflict
The main or most important characters.
Protagonist.
The sequence of events that the characters bring to life.
Plot
A story that ends happily.
Comedy
A situation in the story in which the audience knows something that the characters do not.
Irony
A person who appears in the work and takes part in the drama.
Character
A speech given by one character to another or by a character to the audience.
Monologue
