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| A main division of a drama. Shakespear's plays consist of five of these with each subdivided into scenes. |
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| A reference to a literary or historical person or event to explain a present situation. |
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| A brief remark made by a character and intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters. |
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| The tone or mood established by events, places or situations |
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| In ancient Greek drama, the singing and dancing group whose words formed commentary or interpretation of action. |
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| A humorous scene or speech in a serious drama which is meant to provide relief from emotional intensity and, by contrast, to heighten the seriousness of the story. |
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| A hint of what is to come in the story. This is often used to keep the audience in a state of expectancy. |
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| The term used to describe words or phrases that appeal to the five senses. |
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| A contrast between what is and what appears to be. |
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| When a character says one thing but means another |
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| when the audience knows something that characters in the play do not know. |
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| a figure of speech that implies or states a comparison between two unlike things which are similar in some way. Do not use like or as. |
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| A statement which seems to be contradictory but is at the same time profoundly logical. May be used to emphasize a particular theme or idea. |
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| a small unit of a play in which there is no shift of locale or time. |
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| a figure of speech that states a comparison between two essentially unlike things which are similar in one aspect. They are introduced with the use of like or as. |
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| A speech given by a character alone on the stage. The purpose of this is to let the audience know what the character is thinking and feeling. |
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| A type of drama of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering. Often the main character has a tragic flaw which leads to his or her destruction. Sometimes the conflict is with forces beyond the control of the character-fate, evil in the world. |
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