The conversation between characters; speaking
What is Dialogue?
Words used to describe a character's personality
What is a Character Trait?
The person who writes the drama
What is a Playwright?
The place where the reader is introduced to the characters and setting
What is the Orientation?
The struggle between the main character and an opposing force
What is a Conflict?
A long speech by one character to other characters
What is Monologue?
Words that describe a character's appearance
What is a Physical Trait?
The items actors use on the stage to make the scene more believable.
What ar Props?
The events that further complicate the original conflict; takes place after the inciting incident
What is the Rising Action?
Break in chronological order of story and readers are taken to events in the past
What is a Flashback?
A character reveals their private thoughts alone
What is a Soliloquy?
The more permanent aspect of a character's personality
What is a character's thoughts?
The people who play the characters
What are Actors/Actresses?
The place where the conflict is solved; the ending
What is the Resolution?
The overlying universal message of the story; the lesson or moral
What is Theme?
A character talks directly to the audience; other characters don't hear what they say
What is an Aside?
The author will directly tell the reader what the character's personality is like
What is a Direct Characterisation?
What are Acts?
The turning point of the story
What is the Climax?
Warning or hint that something bad will happen
What is Foreshadow?
Written version of a drama
What is a Script?
When the author describes the character by showing the reader their actions, thoughts, reactions, and how other characters think about them.
What is Indirect Characterization?
Playwright's instructions written into the script; tells actors how to say a line or an action to perform
What are Stage Directions?
The event that introduces the problem
What is the conflict?
What are the terms for the main character and main opposing character?
Protagonist and Antagonist