Elements of Drama
Elements of Fiction
Types of Conflict
Grammar
Elements of Plot
100
A story involving conflict intended to be acted out on a stage.
What is Drama?
100
Time and place of a story.
What is Setting?
100
Protagonist has a problem with another character in the story.
What is Character vs. Character?
100
An action word.
What is Verb?
100
The arrangement or sequence of events in a story.
What is Plot?
200
A conversation of characters; in a play, is preceded by characters' names.
What is Dialogue?
200
Central figure in a work of fiction.
What is Protagonist?
200
Protagonist battles with something in nature.
What is Character vs. Nature?
200
All complete sentences must have these two things.
What are Subject and Verb?
200
The beginning of the plot; tells the setting, characters, and background information.
What is Exposition?
300
Written words and directions for a play.
What is Script?
300
Methods an author uses to develop a character.
What is Characterization?
300
Protagonist struggles to overcome issues inside him or herself.
What is Character vs. Self?
300
An incomplete sentence (without a subject or verb).
What is Fragment?
300
The turning point or event where everything changes in a story.
What is Climax?
400
Physical representation of the play's setting to emphasize the atmosphere of the play.
What is Scenery?
400
Struggle or controversy the protagonist must overcome.
What is Conflict?
400
Protagonist struggles with laws or structures of a group of people/government.
What is Character vs. Society?
400
Combine these sentences: "The divers are preparing their gear. They are preparing their gear in the boat."
What is "The divers are preparing their gear in the boat."
400
The resolution of the plot.
What is Denouement?
500
Comments in italics or parentheses that provide readers with information about the dialogue, setting, and action of the play.
What are Stage Directions?
500
The moral or lesson an author wants you to learn from their story; a "universal truth."
What is Theme?
500
Protagonist struggles against something beyond his/her control.
What is Character vs. Fate?
500
Change this passive sentence to active voice: "The panther is attacked by the alligator."
What is "The alligator attacked the panther."
500
Clues the author gives within the plot about events to come.
What is Foreshadowing?
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