1. deals with a serious subject exposition 2. often amuses an audience tragedy 3. the sequence of actions in a play theme 4. the part of a play that presents necessary introductory information monologue 5. the message or underlying meaning of a play protagonist 6. the main character in a play dialogue 7. the unique way in which an author expresses himself stage directions 8. the responsibility of the stage designer structure 9. the design or pattern of a play setting 10. used by the playwright to explain the way something is to be done style 11. a speech given by a character alone or on stage plot 12. the words spoken by the actors comedy