The World is a Stage- Theatre Terms
The Voice- Narrators and storytellers
100
A group of scenes in a play.
What is an act?
100
A writer of a book, article or report.
Who is an author?
200
The area where a play is performed.
What is a stage?
200
The narrator of a poem.
Who is the speaker?
300
Instructions to the actors about how to move and say their lines.
What are stage directions?
300
The narrator participates in the action of the story. Clue words are me, my, we, mine, and I.
What is first person narration?
400
A play with a happy ending- usually funny, although it doesn't have to be.
What is a comedy?
400
A narrator, who is not a character in the story, tells the story. Clue words for third person narration is she, him, he, they, her and them.
Who is a third person narrator?
500
Actors in a play; a list of all the characters in the play; found at the beginning of the play
What is the cast of characters?
500
Use of you, your and yours to address a reader or listener directly. Not used commonly in fiction writing but it commonly used in step-by-step instructions that explains or how to do or make something. Clue words are you and yours.
What is second person narration?
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