| chorus definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | phrase repeated throughout a song or poem | 15 sets |
| 2 | el coro | 13 sets |
| 3 | recurring music and lyrics | 9 sets |
| 4 | anything spoken or sung all at the same time | 8 sets |
| 5 | in greek drama, the group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it. | 7 sets |
| 6 | refrain | 7 sets |
| 7 | actor or actors who recite a prologue in elizabethan drama | 7 sets |
| 8 | neutral | 6 sets |
| 9 | an organized body of singers who sing in concert | 5 sets |
| 10 | refrén | 5 sets |
| 11 | a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical greek play | 5 sets |
| 12 | group acting together | 5 sets |
| 13 | a group of people assembled to sing together | 5 sets |
| 14 | group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it | 4 sets |
| 15 | chorus | 4 sets |
| 16 | a group of people who sang and danced | 4 sets |
| 17 | in greek tragedies (especially those of aeschylus and sophocles), a group of people who serve mainly as commentators on the characters. | 3 sets |
| 18 | the group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it | 3 sets |
| 19 | refren | 3 sets |
| 20 | actors who recite a prologue | 3 sets |
| 21 | (a) a group of persons who speak or sing in unison a given part or composition in drama or poetry recitation; b) an actor in an elizabethan drama who recites the prologue and epilogue to a play and sometimes comments on the action | 3 sets |
| 22 | a company of men participating and commenting on the action in a play | 3 sets |
| 23 | conscience of the people | 3 sets |
| 24 | a group of singers distinct from the principal performers in a dramatic or musical performance; also the song or refrain that they sing. in classical greek tragedy a chorus of twelve or fifteen masked performers would sing, with dancing movements, a commentary on the action of the play, interpreting its events from the standpoint of traditional wisdom. this practice appears to have been derived from the choral lyrics of religious festivals. | 3 sets |
| 25 | a group of characters who comment on the characters and action in a play without participating in the action themselves. they often represent the view of the general society at the time and in the place at which the play is set. | 3 sets |
| 26 | a large group of background characters who sing together as a group | 2 sets |
| 27 | a group of actors speaking or chanting in unison, often while going through the steps of an elaborate formalized dance; a characteristic device of greek drama for conveying communal or group emotion. | 2 sets |
| 28 | in a drama, one or more characters who comment on the action | 2 sets |
| 29 | a narrator who introduces or comments on the play: as in romeo and juliet | 2 sets |
| 30 | group of 12-15 men who sing and dance during the plays. they often represent the collective community, but not necessarily the poet's thoughts | 2 sets |
| 31 | a group of men who sung in between scenes of greek plays | 2 sets |
| 32 | choir; anything spoken or sung all at the same time | 2 sets |
| 33 | la chorale | 2 sets |
| 34 | a group of people who serve mainly as commentators on the characters and events. | 2 sets |
| 35 | a group of men, not characters, who comment on a play | 2 sets |
| 36 | in greek drama, this is the group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it. | 2 sets |
| 37 | the omnicient (all-knowing) announcer. | 2 sets |
| 38 | a character or group in a play who comments on the action | 2 sets |
| 39 | the group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it. | 2 sets |
| 40 | in greek drama, a group of characters who comments on the action taking place on stage | 2 sets |
