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Aside
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Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience which are not "heard" by the other characters on stage.
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Catharsis
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The purging of feelings o pity and fear that, according to Aristotle, occur in the audience of tragic drama.
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Character
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An imaginary person that inhabits a literary work
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Chorus
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A group of characters in Greek tragedy who comment on the action of the play without participation in it.
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Comedy
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A type of drama in which characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the better. ( In this type of drama, things work out happily in the end.)
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Comic relief
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the use of a comic scene to interrupt a succession of intensely tragic dramatic moments.
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Deus ex machina
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A god who resolves the entanglements of a play by supernatural intervention.
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Dialogue
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The conversation of characters in a literary work
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Dramatis personae
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Latin for the characters or persons in a play
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Exposition
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The first stage of a fictional or dramatic plot which necessary background information is provided
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Fourth wall
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The imaginary wall of teh box theater setting, supposedly removed to allow the audience to see the action
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Gesture
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The physical movements of a character during a play ( it helps reveal character)
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Monologue
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A speech by a single character without another character's response
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Pathos
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Quality of a plays action that stimulates the audience to feel pity for a character
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Props
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Articles or objects that appear on stage during a play
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