Dramatic Elements

Katherine, Ethan, and Henry are putting on a play! They come across a term in their script that instructs them on how to act. What is this term called?

• dialogue

• stage directions

• scene

• act

a conversation between two or more characters

• stage directions

• act

• dialogue

• scene

a character who goes against the main character or causes problems for the main character

• antagonist

• protagonist

• flat character

• round character

A long speech by one character to one or more other characters onstage.

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

• epilogue

A comment that only the audience is supposed to hear.

• climax

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Aside

The directions telling characters how to speak or act; also about sound, lighting, and props

• stage directions

• scene

• dialogue

• plot

Introduces the characters, setting, and conflict

• rising action

• climax

• exposition

• resolution

The part of the plot that leads to the resolution

• rising action

• falling action

• exposition

• climax

When the audience or reader knows something important that a character doesn't know.

• Tragedy

• Dramatic Irony

• Suspense

• Humor

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

• antagonist

• dynamic character

• static character

• protagonist