A soap opera is a television or radio drama that deals with the daily lives and events of a consistent set of characters. It is episodic in nature and features stock characters, sentimentality, and melodrama. Popular examples of soap operas include EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, and Hollyoaks. A soap opera trailer is a short advertisement made up of edited clips and scenes from an upcoming soap opera that promotes and previews the show.

1. What is a Soap Opera?
A soap opera is ‘a television or radio drama serial dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same
group of characters’.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/soap-opera
‘Soap operas are ongoing works of fiction, and episodic in nature’.
http://soaps.about.com/od/soaps101/a/whatsasoap.htm
1. ‘A drama, typically performed as a serial on daytime television or radio, characterised by stock characters and
situations, sentimentality, and melodrama’.
2. ‘A series of experiences characterized by dramatic displays of emotion’.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/soap+opera
Examples of Soap Operas include: EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks
What is a Soap Opera Trailer?
‘A soap opera trailer is an advertisement for a new film or television show’
http://www.ldoceonline.com/Television+and+Radio-topic/trailer
‘A short filmed advertisement for a movie or broadcast’
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trailer
‘A series of short edited clips of selected scenes that are put together into one montage’.
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/T/trailer.html