Plot
This is what you are reading or watching
What is the story
This term describes the intensity and liveliness performers bring to a scene.
What is energy?
This part of the script lists the people in the play and sometimes gives brief descriptions.
What is the cast of characters?
The time and place where a drama occurs is known as this.
What is the setting
This tragedy centers on two young lovers whose relationship is doomed because of a long-standing feud that their families refuse to end.
What is Romeo and Juilet
Where we see the character's past?
What is flashback
When actors show excitement, fear, or anger with strong physical movement, they are demonstrating this kind of dramatic energy.
What is emotional energy?
Notes written in italics that tell actors how to move or speak are called this.
What are stage directions
The situation that starts the main conflict of the story is called this.
What is the inciting incident?
This play follows a leader who slowly descends into madness after encountering prophecies that fuel ambition, paranoia, and violence.
What is Macbeth?
Be a warning or indication of (a future event).
What is foreshadowing
The increasing tension leading up to the climax of a play represents this type of shifting energy.
What is rising action?
This section of a script divides the story into larger parts.
What are acts?
A situation in drama where the audience knows something the characters do not is this kind of irony.
What is dramatic irony?
In this drama, a character is torn between societal expectations and their own sense of individuality, leading to a bold but controversial break from their domestic life.
What is A Doll’s House?
The point of highest tension and drama, where the protagonist directly confronts the main conflict, acts as the turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
This production element, involving the pace and rhythm of dialogue, helps control a scene’s overall energy.
What is tempo?
The central struggle in the script—often between characters or forces—is known as this.
What is the conflict?
A dramatic situation in which a character must make a difficult choice is known as this.
What is a dilemma?
This play revolves around a trial that becomes a symbolic battle between integrity and mass hysteria, inspired by historical accusations fueled by fear.
What is the Crucible?
A long speech by a single character intended to be heard by other characters and the audience?
What is a monologue?
When actors use contrast—such as sudden stillness after chaos—to create a dramatic effect, they are manipulating this type of energy change?
What is dynamic energy?
When the script includes a long speech delivered by one character alone onstage, it is called this.
What is a soliloquy?
When a play’s situation reflects a larger theme, such as justice or fate, it is contributing to this element of drama.
What is the dramatic theme (or thematic situation)?
This epic drama portrays a hero who unknowingly fulfills a prophecy of fate, ultimately discovering that he has caused the calamity he sought to avoid, leading to his downfall and self-punishment.
What is Oedipus Rex?