Literary
A person portrayed in a drama, novel, or other artistic piece.
What is character?
Costumes, wigs, and body paint used to transform an actor into a character.
What is Make-up?
Use of face, body, and voice to portray character
What is acting?
The series of events that take
place in a play.
What is plot?
A major division in a play
What is act?
A speech by a single actor who is ALONE on stage.
What is soliloquy?
Clothing and accessories worn by actors to portray character and period.
What is costumes?
Physical and vocal aspects used by an actor to convey mood, feeling, or personality
What is facial expressions?
A series of events following the initial incident and leading up to the dramatic climax.
What is rising action?
The words that the writer has written for the actors and actresses to speak.
What are lines?
In drama, the particular manner of verbal expression, the diction or style of writing, or the speech or phrasing that suggests a class or profession or type of character.
What is language?
The effects an audience hears during
performance to communicate character, context, or environment
What is sound?
Proper use of the lungs and diaphragm muscle for maximum capacity and efficiency of breath for speaking
What is breath control?
A long speech made by one actor; it may be delivered alone or in the presence of others.
What is monologue?
Person who writes the plays.
What is playwright?
The internal or external struggle between opposing forces, ideas, or interests that creates dramatic tension.
What is conflict?
The theatrical equipment, such as
curtains, flats, backdrops, or platforms, used in a
dramatic production to communicate environment
What is Set/Scenery?
The reason or reasons for a character’s behavior; an incentive or inducement for further action for a character
What is character motivation?
The turning point or high point of the play, when events can go either way
What is falling action?
These are the notes put into the script by the playwright which indicate to the performers the way he wishes the play to be staged.
What are staged productions?
Sets the stage for the play through descriptions, dialogue, etc., that gives the audience or reader the background of the characters and the present situation. It introduces the characters.
What is Exposition?
Short for properties; any article, except costume or scenery, used as part of a dramatic production; any moveable object that appears on stage during a performance, from a telephone to a train.
What is props?
The path formed by the actor’s movement on stage, usually determined by the director with assistance from the actor and often written down in a script using commonly accepted theatrical symbols
What is character blocking?
The basic idea of a play; the idea, point of view, or perception that binds together a work of art.
What is theme?
A play or entertainment in which the performers express themselves mutely by gestures, often to the accompaniment of music.
What is pantomime?