Playwriting Vocabulary
Playwriting in Other Languages
Playwriting Techniques
A Raisin in the Sun Quotations
Totally Random
100
Any classification of a person's position within a group or society; i.e., race, gender
What is Social Register?
100
символ | کردار | حرف | personaje | характер
What is Character?
100
This technique involves words or actions, funny or not, that lighten the mood or relieve tension in a story.
What is comic relief?
100
"I am going to be a doctor, and everybody around here better understand that!"
Who is Beneatha?
100
He lives in a pineapple under the sea.
Who is Spongebob Squarepants?
200
The moment that a character's main conflict becomes clear to the audience.
What is the Inciting Incident?
200
диалог | مکالمہ | حوار | diálogo | діалог
What is dialogue?
200
This type of character has to overcome a disadvantage in order to succeed.
What is (an) underdog?
200
"It don't sound nice for a young girl to say things like that--you wasn't brought up that way."
Who is Mama?
200
With 2155 points, this Hawk was the NBA scoring leader for the 2021-22 regular season.
Who is Trae Young?
300
This is how playwriting scripts should be written, with character names in ALL CAPS at the center, for example.
What is Manuscript Format?
300
ставки | داؤ پر لگانا | رهانات | apuestas | ставки
What are "stakes?"
300
This type of irony is loosely defined as "the opposite of what one would expect."
What is situational irony?
300
"I am only teasing you because you are so very serious about these things."
Who is (Joseph) Asagai?
300
Taking in $32, 304, 560 over the weekend, this Marvel movie is currently #1 at the box office.
Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
400
Without doing this, your conflict will become repetitive and boring over time.
What is Raising the Stakes?
400
ирония | ستم ظریفی | سخرية | ironía | іронія
What is irony?
400
This type of irony is defined as "what is said is not what is meant," i.e., mistakes, sarcasm, or lies.
What is verbal irony?
400
"Me and Ruth done made some sacrifices for you--why can't you do the same for the family?"
Who is Walter?
400
As of Tuesday afternoon, this baseball team has an eight game lead in the NL East.
Who are the New York Mets? 
500
This chemistry term is the condition under which opposing forces are in balance.
What is equilibrium?
500
комический рельеф | مزاحیہ ریلیف | إغاثة هزلية | alivio comico | комічний рельєф
What is comic relief?
500
This type of irony is defined as "when the audience knows something that the character does not."
What is dramatic irony?
500
"You mean you wouldn't marry George Murchison if he asked you someday? That pretty, rich thing?"
Who is Ruth?
500
With over 130 million followers, this 18 year old has the biggest following on TikTok.
Who is Charli D'Ameilo?