The Stage
Parts of a Play
The Character
Types
Other
100
Scenery
What is the visual background that the audience sees?
100
Act
What is similar to a chapter in a book or a quarter in a football game?
100
Character
What is a person called in a play, novel or movie?
100
Tragedy
What is the downfall/death of the hero or main character?
100
Theme
What is the moral or lesson the playwright is trying to impart to audience?
200
Staging
What is the process of putting on a play called?
200
Script
What is the written text of a play called?
200
Static
What is a character that undergoes no internal change but helps to move plot forward?
200
Radio Play
What is a play which the audience listens to; sound effects are very important to create the mood?
200
Play
What is a form of story telling in which actors make the characters come alive through speech and action?
300
Props
What are the tings used by actors on the stage during a performance?
300
Scene
What is the part/event in a play where the characters change?
300
Cast of characters
What are all the characters in a play - major and minor - called?
300
Comedy
What is play with a happy ending, jokes, confusion or humor?
300
Soliloquy
What is it called when an actor speaks his/her thoughts out loud to the audience?
400
Cue
What is an action or a word or phrase that serves as a "signal" to an actor to enter, perform, or speak?
400
Stage Directions
What tells actors how to move and/or speak and/or describes sets and props?
400
Dynamic
What is a character that undergoes an important internal (ie., personality, attitude, etc) change called?
400
Drama
What is a story written to be performed by actors and viewed by a live audience?
400
Playwright
What is the author of a play called?
500
Set
What is the scenery, backdrops, lighting, and furniture called?
500
Epilogue
What is the last scene in a play?
500
Dialogue
What the character(s) says is called what?
500
Teleplay
What is a play specifically written for television?
500
Conflict
What is the primary problem the characters face called?
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