The way a language is spoken in a particular region or place.
What is dialect
100
Drama that includes silent plays, tableau/pantomime, stage plays, puppet plays, radio plays, etc.
What is a play
100
A major section of a play. Acts are divided into varying numbers of shorter scenes
What is an act
100
Instructions written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of actors, placement of props, etc.
What is stage directions
200
The character who struggles against the lead character in a story
Who is the antagonist
200
The actual words that characters speak. Authors use dialogue skillfully in the short story to portray character and to dramatize conflict.
What is dialogue
200
Includes improvisation, role-playing, storytelling, mime, Reader’s Theatre, scripts, interviews, dance, theatre games, etc.
What is drama
200
Reveals a decision, action or event which determines the outcome of the conflict.
What is the climax
200
The character flaw or defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy. Also known as hamartia
What is a tragic flaw
300
A group of people who serve mainly as commentators on the characters and events
What is the chorus
300
Two lines of verse with similar end-rhymes
What is couplet
300
A play that involves the humorous treatment of an unusual incident character or thought. Comedies have happy endings. They are considered the most difficult plays to perform on stage
What is a comedy
300
Suspense increases and events happen which makes the audience what will happen in the play
What is rising action
300
Longer plays often include a second conflict which furnishes the basis for the subplot. Creates a second line of interest in the play. A subplot should not overpower the main plot.
What is subplot
400
In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
Who is the foil
400
The act of talking while or as if alone; often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thought.
What is soliloquy
400
A dramatic composition, dealing with a serious theme, typically that of a great person of affluence destined, through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction
What is tragedy
400
Resolves the conflict. Answers the question asked by the play, solves the problem
What is the resolution
400
The way the actor's voice portrays their feelings
What is tone
500
The literary character that has the tragic l aw, combined with many other conflicts, and makes the often fatal error in judgment that leads to tragedy.
Who is the tragic hero
500
In drama, a speech directed to the audience that supposedly is not audible to the other characters on the stage at the time
What is an aside
500
Assuming the role of a character met in a text or in an imagined situation. Develops problem-solving skills and imagination.
What is role play
500
The introduction where characters are introduced and setting, conflict and mood are established.
What is the exposition
500
An interlude during a dramatic scene when all the performers on stage freeze in position and then resume action as before. Can also mean a very vivid or graphic description.