What is an object that stands for or represents something else?
100
dialog
What are the words of the play?
100
comedy
What is a drama designed to entertain the audience by amusing the view?
200
protagonist
Who is the main character in the play?
200
climax
What is the greatest point of interest, suspense, or dramatic intensity?
200
foreshadowing
What are the techniques used to prepare the audience for future action?
200
conventions
What are the ground rules between the actor and audience (i.e. closing of curtain)?
200
tragedy
What is a serious drama that ends in ruin or profound unhappiness?
300
antagonist
Who is the character in opposition to the protagonist?
300
resolution
What are the events that follow the climax?
300
flashback
What is a technique in which the playwright interrupts the main action to recreate a situation from an earlier time?
300
business
What are the individual actions of the characters in the play? (i.e. taking a drink)
300
realism
What is a drama that attempts to establish authenticity through the use of observed facts of daily existence?
400
confidante
Who is a minor character who is paired with a major character to share their confidences?
400
crisis
What is an important time of decision or a crucial turning point in the course of action?
400
irony
What is a discrepancy between what is planned and anticipated and what actually happens?
400
properties
What are the objects picked up and handles by the actors in the play?
400
pathos
What is the quality in the play which arouses feelings?
500
character drama
What is a dram in which the playwright develops fully the main character so that the audience is very much interested in the personality, attitudes, actions, etc. of the main character?
500
complication
What is a new force introduced into a play which furthers the plot?
500
mood
What is the state of feeling created by a play?
500
probability
What is the attempt made by the playwright to make the actions of the characters and the consequences of those actions seem real, necessary and logical?
500
theme
What is the central idea or truth about life brought out through the play?