Vocabulary
Aristotle
Aristotle's Six Elements of a Play
Plot Chart
Four Narrative Essentials
100
climax
What is the moment that determines the outcome, the turning point?
100
Imitation
Drama is an ______ of life.
100
Spectacle
What is the visible part of the play that you can see with your eyes?
100
Plot chart
What is a well-constructed play diagrammed through?
100
Exposition, Plot, Characters, Theme
What are the four narrative essentials of a play?
200
Antagonist
What is the force or character opposing the main character?
200
Greece
What is the country where Aristotle is from?
200
Diction
What is the language in a play?
200
Initial Action
What is the first important event that sets the plot in motion?
200
Character
Who says and does things that is inherent with their personality?
300
Exposition
What is the event that sets of the action in a play and explains the where, when, why and who in the play?
300
The Poetics
What is the literary critique that Aristotle wrote concerning the structure of drama?
300
Character
What is the person in a play?
300
Falling action
What is the series of events following the climax?
300
Antecedent Action
What is also called the preliminary situation?
400
Mood
What is the emotional feeling of a play?
400
The character's inherent nature
What is a character's success or failure a result of?
400
Sound
What is the audible part of the play, the part you can hear?
400
Rising Action
What happens after the initial incident and when the characters and their goals/obstacles are revealed?
400
Dialogue and action
What two ways are the the narrative essentials communicated to the audience?
500
Theme
What is the basic idea of a play?
500
Action
According to Aristotle, what does all human happiness or misery take the form of?
500
Reasoning
What is the thought or the purpose of the play?
500
Denouement
What means "untying the knot" in French?
500
Dialogue, subtext, and title
What are three ways the theme of a play can be revealed?
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