Parts of a Story
A struggle between characters in a story
What is conflict?
This is where the characters are listed in a play
What is at the top of the play, under the title?
The people in the play
What are characters?
Plays are often turned into these
What are movies?
The personality or personal attributes of a character
What are character traits?
Events after the climax, leading to the resolution
What is falling action?
Where the stage directions are written in a script of a play
What is after the character's name that is speaking? Example - Claude: (as he walked across the stage)
Conversation between characters
What is dialogue?
Actor voices should at least be one of these
What is loud and clear?
Items used by actors on the stage in a play.
What are props?
Events leading up to the climax
What is rising action?
This is the author of a play
What is a playwright?
It is a part of a play that consists of one or more scenes put together
What is an act?
The use of words or items to represent something else
What is symbolism?
Two elements that often help set the mood of the play
What are music and lighting?
Most exciting part of the story, turning point of the story
What is climax?
The text of a play that includes the characters, the dialogue, and the stage directions
What is a script?
Instructions written for actors to follow, not to be said
What are stage directions?
An expression or event that is contrary to what is normally expected
What is irony?
When actors are talking on the stage, they are generally facing towards this
What is the audience?
How the problem is solved
What is the resolution?
The different methods that character development is shown in a play
What is by character actions, dialogue (things they say), and expressions.
A long speech made by one person in a play
What is a monologue?
When the main message of the story is implied or inferred
What is implicit theme?
The elements used to create a particular visual for a play
What is scenery?