Putting on the play
Actors/Actress
Let's be specific
Elements of a story
Miscellaneous
100
How easily the play can be produced on stage
What is Stageability
100
The person the story is about, the central or main character
Who is the protagonist
100
How the characters solve the problem
What is Resolution
100
The main idea behind the play
What is Theme
100
Conversation between two or more characters in a play to communicate their thoughts, feelings, and actions
What is Dialogue
200
Information in the script from the playwright for the actors and directors
What are Stage Directions
200
One actor speaking at length either to him or herself, another character, or characters, or the audience
What is a monologue
200
A play with a mixture of humor and pathos that ends happily
What is Comedy
200
The moment in a play where the conflict reaches its point of greatest intensity
What is Climax
200
The internal and external stumbling blocks to a character's pursuit of an action or objective
What is an Obstacle
300
The imaginary place and time of the world of the play
What is Setting
300
The person causing the problem for the protagonist
Who is the antagonist
300
The goal to which a character is striving
What is Objective
300
The main issue or problem that the play presents
What is Conflict
300
Building a scene or a play on the spur of the moment with little preplanning and no script
What is Improvisation
400
Intensifying the conflict
What is Raising the Stakes
400
A literary technique used to reveal the nature of a character
What is characterization
400
A serious form of theatre that takes a thoughtful approach to its subject matter
What is Drama
400
Specific moments of a story the playwright chooses to bring to life on stage; the sequence of events in a story
What is Plot
400
A feeling created by several different elements of a play, such as dialogue, setting, lighting, sound, and costumes
What is Mood
500
The physical pursuit of an objective
What is Action
500
A character that is complex and multidimensional
What is Round Character
500
A Category your play falls into
What is Genre
500
Opinions expressed about the issues in the play by the playwright or his/her characters
What is Point of view
500
The technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative
What is Foreshadowing
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