1) Mystery play: A medieval play dramatizing biblical events
Part of the vernacular drama, they developed from plays represented in Latin by the churchmen, thay usually refered to the creation, Adam and Eve, the mirder of Abel and the final judgment.
2) Dramatic irony: words or actions whose meanings are recognized by the audience but unrecognized by the character.
Usually found in plays, movies, theatres and sometimes in poetry, it is used to create intense suspence and humor.
3) Allegory: A story in which characters represent parts of a teaching, having both a literal and figurative meaning.
Usually refered to as a symbolic representation.
4) Miracle play: A medievla play dramatizing incidents in the lives of saints.
Part of the vernacular drama, it evolved from liturgical offices of the 10th and 11th century, by the 13th century it was fully developed.
5) Morality play: A medieval dramatized allegory in which virtues and vices appear to struggle for man’s soul.
Pat of the vernacular drama, was popular in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. It is centered on a here which weaknesses’s are attacked by evil forces, choosing redemption and God.
6) Chorus: Group commenting on the action in ancient Greek drama.