Dramatic Plot Structure
The Narrative Essentials
The Greeks
Playwriting
Playwriting 2
100
the explanation of events that occur before the play begins
What is the exposition
100
The Greek philosopher who gave us the narrative essentials
Who is Aristotle
100
The first play critic who gave us the narrative essentials
Who is Aristotle
100
The tool the playwright uses to reveal characterization
What is Conflict
100
Where dialog is lined up when writing a script
What is the left hand margin
200
The introduction of conflict
What is the initial or inciting incedent
200
The action or the soul of the play
What is Plot
200
Greek playwright who wrote tragedies including Oedipus Rex
Who is Sophocles
200
The conflict between 2 Characters
What is External Conflict
200
What a character wants in a scene
What is objective
300
The building of events or obstacles
What is the Rising Action
300
What you hear in a play
What is Sound
300
The title of Aristotle's book containing the narrative essentials
What is The Poetics
300
When a character struggles with an ethical or emotional challenge
What is Internal conflict
300
What a character uses to achieve their objectives
What are tactics
400
The highest point or turning point of a play
What is the climax
400
The emotion or thought of the play
What is Theme
400
The King of Thebes who married his mother and killed his father
Who is Oedipus
400
Taking something and making it more important by putting it in danger.
What is raising the stakes
400
A one sentence synopsis of a play
What is a logline
500
The tying up of loose ends or the resolution
What is the Denouement
500
What you see in a play
What is Spectacle
500
How Jocasta the queen died in the play Oedipus Rex
What is she hanged herself
500
Character + Want + Obstacle = ?
What is Action
500
The smallest division of action in a play
What is a dramatic beat
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