Genre
Plot
Characters
Vocabulary
Dramatic Conventions
100
A specific form of literature
What is genre?
100

What is the most intense part of the story called?

What is the climax?

100

What is the main character in the story called?

What is the protagonist?

100

What is the major division in a play called?

What is an act?

100

Instructions for the characters on how to act and where to go on stage

What is stage directions?
200
A novel and short story are both examples of this genre.
What is fiction
200

Sets the stage by providing background information

What is the exposition?

200

What is the character that opposes the main character and provides conflict called?

What is the antagonist?

200
An exchange of words between 2 or more characters
What is a dialogue?
200

What is something that creates mood, atmosphere, and directs the audience to a particular character or area on stage?

What is lighting?

300
Figurative language, free verse and rhyme scheme can all be found in what type of genre?
What is poetry?
300
Wraps up the end of the story. Resolves all issues.
What is the resolution?
300

What is the central struggle between opposing forces called?

What is conflict?

300

The way someone speaks based on the region or social background

What is dialect?

300

What is the literary device that interrupts the story to present an event from the past called?

What is a flashback?

400

What is the literary genre that is meant to be performed on stage?

What is drama?

400

What is the series of events that build tension?

What is the rising action?

400

What is it called when a character makes a comment directly to the audience?

What is an aside?

400

What is it called when a character delivers a long speech to other characters on stage?

What is a monologue?

400

What is the literary device that creates suspense and anticipation for the audience by hinting at something that will occur later on in the plot?

What is foreshadow?
500

What is a story that reveals a hidden meaning called?

What is an allegory?
500

What is it called when the tension decreases and the story begins to resolve?

What is the falling action?

500

What is it called when the audience of the play knows something the characters don't?

What is dramatic irony?
500

What is it called when a character who is alone (or thinks they are alone) delivers a long speech about their feelings/inner thoughts 

What is a soliloquy?

500

Lightens the tragic or dramatic effect by giving the audience a breather.

What is comic relief?

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