Drama

• Drama


  Is meant for performances. Greek word "dran" meaning "to act or to do"
• Playwright

  Person who wrote the drama
• Script


  Written pages of the play
• Acts


  • Long sections of play
  • Made of different scenes
• Scene


  Shorter sections of play
• Set


  • Construction on stage
  • Shows time/place
• Props

  Items used onstage by actors
• Stage directions


  Found in brackets or parentheses
• Conflicts


  Struggle that creates dramatic tension
• Characterization


  Playwright's technique for revealing a character's personality
• Plot

  Series of events that make up a story
• Dialouge - two or more people talking
• Monologue

  One person talking
• Soliloquy


  One person speaking his/her thoughts