The Crucible Unit Vocabulary

a piece of literature where the story is meant to be acted

• drama/play

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

People, animals, or objects who do the acting in a play

• dynamic characters

• characters

• monologue

• static characters

A story with a double meaning

• antagonist

• monologue

• allegory

• drama/play

An imagined or assumed threat that causes physical symptoms among a large number of people

• aside

• dialogue

• soliloquy

• mass hysteria

In parenthesis or italics to give extra information to the actors

• stage directions

  
  

• monologue

• dialogue

• aside

A solitary speech in which the actor is speaking uninterruptedly and the other characters may or may not be listening.

• stage directions

  
  

• monologue

• dialogue

• aside

A conversation between two (or more) characters

• stage directions

  
  

• monologue

• dialogue

• aside

A solitary speech in which is the character is speaking to himself or herself

• allegory

• aside

• soliloquy

• protagonist

A character breaks the fourth wall to interact with the audience

• allegory

• aside

• soliloquy

• protagonist

a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary

• antagonist

• protagonist

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization