monologs
One-person verbal performances
Monologs is the plural of monolog, an alternate spelling of monologue.
A monolog is a long speech by one person—whether a character's extended address in a play, a comedian's opening routine, or someone dominating a conversation: His monologs about work could last an hour.
Dramatic speech to oneself
- speechOral communication ability
- performanceCarrying out a task
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- HamletDanish prince's revenge tragedy
aside · Shakespeare · stage · actor · delivery · audience · spotlight · dramatic pause
Long-winded and unfocused
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
- dominatingExercising supreme control
- interruptionBreak in continuity
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
rant · tirade · droning · long-winded · talking at · self-absorbed · uninterrupted · verbose
Unspoken mental dialogue
- stream of consciousnessNarrative mimicking uninterrupted thought
- thoughtsMental reflections
- self-talkSpeaking to oneself mentally
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
introspection · meditation · Joyce · Woolf · narrative · first-person · interior · reflection
Solo comedic performance
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- bitSmall amount or portion
- setArrange in position
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
timing · comedian · open mic · Netflix special · roast · observational · improv · heckler
Off-screen recorded speech
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- openingGap or start
- closingFinal stage of something
- film noirStylish, shadowy crime drama
documentary · flashback · exposition · Goodfellas · Fight Club · Sunset Boulevard · Blade Runner · Apocalypse Now
soliloquy
Dramatic speech to oneself
- speechOral communication ability
- performanceCarrying out a task
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
Hamlet · aside · Shakespeare · stage · actor · delivery · audience · spotlight · dramatic pause · recitation
rambling
Long-winded and unfocused
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
- dominatingExercising supreme control
- interruptionBreak in continuity
lecture · rant · tirade · droning · long-winded · talking at · self-absorbed · uninterrupted · verbose · holding forth
inner voice
Unspoken mental dialogue
- stream of consciousnessNarrative mimicking uninterrupted thought
- thoughtsMental reflections
- self-talkSpeaking to oneself mentally
rumination · introspection · meditation · Joyce · Woolf · narrative · first-person · interior · reflection · musing
stand-up
Solo comedic performance
punchline · timing · comedian · open mic · Netflix special · roast · observational · improv · heckler · callback
voiceover
Off-screen recorded speech
film noir · documentary · flashback · exposition · Goodfellas · Fight Club · Sunset Boulevard · Blade Runner · Apocalypse Now · protagonist
monologsdialogs
Verbal exchanges between people
dialogues · conversations · discussions · colloquies · panel discussions
monologsconversations
Spoken exchanges between people
exchanges · back-and-forth · give-and-take · repartee · banter
- inner monologueUnspoken personal narration
- dramatic monologuePoem as character's speech
- internal monologueUnspoken self-directed thought
- opening monologueSolo introductory address
- late night monologueHost's solo comedy segment
- villain monologueAntagonist's expository speech