The background of the play?
scenery
A conversation among characters.
dialogue
A story written to be acted in front of an audience.
Drama / play
The bad guy in the play ?
antagonist/villain
Plays broken into smaller parts.
acts
Acts are broken down into smaller parts.
scenes
The written version of a drama.
Script
When we know more than the characters
Dramatic Irony
Notes to the actors, directors, and readers.
stage directions / annotations
The five basic elements of drama.
role, relationships, situations, mood and tension
The person who writes the play ?
Playwright
A character giving a speech to oneself
Soliloquy / monologue
Stage directions also give instruction about _________ and __________.
- physical movement
- vocal expression
The three ways a character's personality is revealed.
how a character looks, what the character says, and how the character acts
People who perform in the play ?
Actors
What genre are we currently working within ?
DRAMA / Indigenous Theatre
Describe how stage directions are written.
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Name the 4 types of tension?
Relationship, Task, mystery, situation
Although drama shares many elements with stories, essays, and poetry it is different because...
it is designed to be preformed for an audience
Use of humor to make fun of something serious
Satire