WHAT IS IT?
What is theater?
Form of literature acted out by performers.
Tools help performers fix their stage.
FALSE: Tools are Elements seen during a play while performers carry on with their play: props, costumes, stage, music, lightning, sets.
Parts of a plot:
Background, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Setting:
Time and place an author chooses for a literary work.
Similarities between reading literature and theater:
Follow a plot, has setting, characters.
Tools help positively.
TRUE: These tools bring the dialogues to life for audience to connect with the performances.
How is the first part of plot labeled in theater? E _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Epilogue
Examples of kinds of setting:
What is an element of theater that reading literature doesn't have?
Dialogue to follow by performers.
A plot is what happens in the story. The plot is the series of events that take place.
TRUE
How is the last part of plot labeled in theater? E _ _ _ _ _
Exodus
Characters characterization:
Through characterization, they use body, voice, and thought to develop and portray a character.
Theater distinction:
It is meant to be performed, not read.
Plot helps performers with their dialogues.
FALSE: It's the action of the story that drives the narrative forward.
How is the middle part of plot labeled in theater? E _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Episodes
Stage directions:
instructions written into the script indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.