Play Terminology

a dramatic monologue where a character speaks their thoughts and feelings aloud, usually when they are alone on stage. It provides insight into their inner emotions and motivations.

• Soliloquy

• Foreshadowing

• Dramatic Irony

• Conflict

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• occurs when the audience knows something that the characters in the play do not. 

• Soliloquy

• Foreshadowing

• Dramatic Irony

• Conflict

the central struggle or problem in a story.

• Soliloquy

• Foreshawoing

• Dramatic Irony

• Conflict

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a long speech by one character, typically addressing other characters on stage. It allows a character to express their thoughts, emotions, and intentions.

• Monologue

• Tragic Flaw

• Foil

• Crisis Point

a character trait or error in judgment that leads to a character's downfall.

• Monologue

• Tragic Flaw

• Foil

• Crisis Point

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a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight their differences.

• Monologue

• Tragic Flaw

• Foil

• Crisis Point

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the moment in a story when the conflict reaches its highest intensity, and the outcome becomes uncertain.

• Monologue

• Tragic Flaw

• Foil

• Crisis Point

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plays on words with multiple meanings or words that sound similar but have different meanings.

• Pun

• Crisis Point

• Monologue

• Tragic Flaw

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Where a character speaks directly to the audience or to another character, breaking the fourth wall. The other characters on stage are assumed not to hear the aside.

• Aside

• Pun

• Monologue

• Tragic Flaw

The series of events in a narrative, particularly in a play, that build and develop the central conflict.

• Aside

• Monologue

• Pun

• Rising Action

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