monologues
One-person spoken performances
Monologues is the plural of monologue—a long speech by one person.
In theater, a monologue is an extended passage spoken by a single character, often revealing inner thoughts: She nailed the audition monologue.
More loosely, any one-sided conversation where someone talks at length without interruption: His monologues about work were exhausting.
Brief theatrical digression
- speechOral communication ability
- HamletDanish prince's revenge tragedy
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
stage · spotlight · audience · actor · performance · delivery · recitation · tragedy
Long-winded and unfocused
- rantAngry prolonged outburst
- tiradeExtended angry speech
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
diatribe · spiel · uninterrupted · dominating · tangent · soapbox · pontificating · long-winded
Off-screen recorded speech
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- openingGap or start
- introspectiveExamining one's own mind
- characterNature, symbol, or role
Scorsese · Travis Bickle · confession · inner · revelation · flashback · closeup · fourth wall
aside
Brief theatrical digression
- speechOral communication ability
- HamletDanish prince's revenge tragedy
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
dramatic · stage · spotlight · audience · actor · performance · delivery · recitation · tragedy · curtain
rambling
Long-winded and unfocused
harangue · diatribe · spiel · uninterrupted · dominating · tangent · soapbox · pontificating · long-winded · verbose
voiceover
Off-screen recorded speech
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- openingGap or start
- introspectiveExamining one's own mind
Scorsese · character · Travis Bickle · confession · inner · revelation · flashback · closeup · fourth wall · Annie Hall
sides
Lateral edges or teams
- cold readPerform unrehearsed material
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- callbackFollow-up audition invitation
casting · showcase · classical · contemporary · dramatic · comedic · contrast · slate · headshot · acting class
standup
Solo comedic performance
timing · punchline · observational · Carlin · Pryor · riff · improv · heckler · microphone · deadpan
- Famous Linesfamous lines, classic quotes, memorable lines, one-liners, catchphrases
- stage comedyslapstick, pratfalls, sketches, skits, vaudeville
- game writingstrategy guides, walkthroughs, lore, backstory, rulebooks
- radio scriptsnarration, ads, intros, outros, PSAs
- comedycomedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm
- performing artsacting, dance, music, drama, theater
monologuesdialogues
Exchanges between speakers
conversations · discussions · panel discussions · roundtables · exchanges
monologuesconversations
Spoken exchanges between people
dialogues · back-and-forth · give-and-take · interchanges · repartee
monologuesinterjections
Emotive verbal outbursts
one-liners · quips · snippets · soundbites · sound bites
- 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