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the author of a piece of drama; the person who wrote the play
What is a playwright?
the person telling the story
What is the narrator?
to make a brief statement of the main events of a story - has to have the beginning, middle, and end of the story - should be precise (accurate) and concise (to the point)
summary
the words spoken by different characters in a play
What is dialogue?
details given that describe what characters do; their actions, movement; usually written in parentheses and/or italics
What are stage directions?
the main topic or main idea; lesson learned
What is theme?
the pattern of events that take place in a literary work
What is plot?
where and when/time and place of events
What is setting?
a person in a play
What is a character?
main problem or struggle
What is conflict?
the turning point in the action of a story
What is climax?
the ending or final outcome of a story
What is resolution?
to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented
What is inference/infer?
the reason an author writes the text --- to persuade, inform, explain, entertain
What is Author's Purpose?
to communicate or express, make known
What is convey?
a story written to be performed by actors; a play
drama
the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot
foreshadow
What is tone?
What can the moral of a story also be known as?
What is theme?
Increase in tension and suspense, leads up to the climax. Conflicts present themselves here.
What is rising action?
aftereffects of the climax
What is falling action?
Another word for resolution
What is denouement?
Introduces characters, the setting
What is exposition?
the major sections of a play; each can be a new place or time
What is Scene?
or
Act?
the feeling or emotion the reader gets when reading a passage
What is mood?