This is a story written to be performed by actors. It is also known as a PLAY, and the author is known as a PLAYWRIGHT.
What is a DRAMA?
100
These are all the parts of a plot diagram.
What is EXPOSITION, RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION, and RESOLUTION.
100
This is the definition of the word "Perceive".
What is to understand; to become aware.
100
These are the two broad categories that a play is often broken into. One has a happy ending, the other has the downfall or death of the main character.
What are COMEDY and TRAGEDY.
100
When an actor is on stage and moves the the right, he has moved _______ _________, which is also known as "HOUSE LEFT".
What is STAGE RIGHT.
200
These are smaller units that a play is usually divided into. These "units" can also be divided into even smaller units called SCENES.
What are ACTS?
200
Two-part answer: A _________ is an event or situation that produces a result. An _________ is the result that is produced
What is CAUSE and EFFECT?
200
This is the definition of the word "impact".
What is "to have an effect on"?
200
This is the reason or reasons behind a character's behavior. These reasons can be internal or external.
What is CHARACTER MOTIVATION?
200
This is an element of drama that creates suspense because the audience or reader knows what will happen but the characters do not.
What is DRAMATIC IRONY?
300
The story of a play is told through this. These are the words that the characters speak to one another.
What is DIALOGUE.
300
When you utilize this reading skill, you are arriving at an overall judgment or idea after considering several details. You will base your final thought after a series of inferences.
What is DRAWING CONCLUSIONS?
300
This is the definition of the word "influence".
What is "to affect something"?
300
This is the growing uncertainty we feel about what will happen in a play. It's that nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat feeling.
What is SUSPENSE?
300
This is a long dramatic speech by one character that is addressed to another character or characters. Sometimes a character makes there address directly to the audience.
What is a MONOLOGUE?
400
These are guides to the performance of a play. They give background, indicate character movement, and tell about the sets, costumes, lighting, and sound effects.
What are STAGE DIRECTIONS.
400
When make these, you are supposing something to be fact without proof.
What are ASSUMPTIONS?
400
This is the way of speaking a language. An accent.
What is DIALECT?
400
This is the use of clues that hint at events that will occur later in the plot. This helps to create suspense by grabbing the reader's curiosity without actually giving away the plot.
What is FORESHADOWING.
400
This is a type of dramatic speech in which a character delivers a brief remark that a character directs privately to the audience or another character. The other characters on stage do not hear this remark.
What is an ASIDE?
500
This is a play that has been adapted from another source, such as a novel or diary. An example is how Anne Frank's diary has been adapted to a play.
What is DRAMATIZATION.
500
To judge or determine the worth or strength of something by looking at the evidence.
What is EVALUATE?
500
This is when a character has a large speaking role, in which they may speak to another character or directly to the audience. We get the feeling that we are hearing the character's inner thoughts and emotions.
What is a DRAMATIC SPEECH?
500
Two part answer: ____________ are the scenery, backdrops, and furnishings that create the setting for the whole play. ____________ are movable objects like books and lamps that are used onstage during performance.
What are SETS and PROPS?
500
This is a type of dramatic speech in which a character reveals private thoughts and feelings to the audience. This character is usually alone on stage and the audience feels as if it is overhearing someone thinking out loud.