The exposition of the story (the beginning) introduces the characters, the _______________, and the basic situation.
What is the setting?
P in PASTO stands for
What is preparation?
Define conflict
What is the problem of the story?
MDQ stands for
What is the major dramatic question?
What is a written copy of the dialogue actors will speak and their movements?
What is a script?
The problem in a story which creates the plot.
What is the conflict?
Which section of PASTO is the longest? (not just the letter, what is stands for)
What is the struggle?
A type of conflict that occurs inside the character (dealing with emotions, morality, faith)
What is internal conflict?
The MDQ is introduced in this part of PASTO
What is the attack?
What punctuation is present in a narrative but completely absent in a script?
What are parentheses?
The most exciting moment in the plot is called the __________________. It is the turning point where the story can go either way.
What is the climax?
What is stasis?
This is the character who works against the main character in a story creating conflict(s).
What is the antagonist?
Why is the MDQ so important?
What is keeps the audience watching?
What are scene directions?
During what part of the plot does the conflict wind down in intensity?
What is the falling action?
In the struggle of PASTO, these get in the way of the conflict being resolved.
What are obstacles?
External conflict has different types. An example of this type is shown in the play Aladdin.
What is person vs society?
What is the MDQ of The Four Seasons myth?
What is will Demeter get Persephone out of the underworld?
What are character directions?
Where the conflict is fully resolved is another name for
What is the resolution?
What is the protagonist?
This is the most common type of external conflict in plays and in movies.
What is person vs person?
What is the MDQ of Pandora's Box?
What is will they open the box and what's inside the box?
Describing the blocking to actors in writing is called