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Terms
6 Elements
August Wilson
Workshops
100
This portion is the setup contains the who, what, where, when, why of a play.
What is exposition?
100
The story of the play; the progression of the protagonist.
What is the plot?
100
The people group August Wilson's plays center around.
Who are African Americans?
100
Readings that are roughly blocked and performed.
What are staged readings?
200
The term climax refers to this moment.
What is the high point of play; situation where the protagonist must make an irrevocable decision?
200
The term diction includes these qualities.
What is language, style, dialect, rhythm, and/or the words of characters?
200
The event that caused August Wilson to change his name.
What is the abandonment of his family by his father?
200
The activities you might participate in during a Workshop.
What are discussing, analyzing, reading a play out loud with others?
300
The event that sets the action on its course.
What is the inciting incident?
300
The term sound includes these two aspects.
What is words and sound FX -- aka everything the audience hears?
300
The grade August Wilson was in when he dropped out.
What is 10th grade?
300
At the National Playwrights Conference, each play is assigned these.
Who are a director and group of actors?
400
The crisis refers to this moment in the play.
What is the moment when it seems things could either resolve or worsen?
400
Central idea the playwright is exploring or truth about life is referred to as this literary term.
What is theme?
400
The state in which August Wilson began writing.
What is Minnesota?
400
Young Playwrights Inc. began as the brainchild of this famous musical composer.
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
500
An archetype has these features.
What is a character who represents a certain type or symbolizes universal ideas about human behavior?
500
The term spectacle includes several aspects, including...
What is everything the audience sees, such as scenery, costuming, dance, and puppetry?
500
The title of one of August Wilson's plays.
What is Piano Lesson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, 2 Trains Running, and/or 7 Guitars?
500
Of the 650 submissions to the National Playwrights Conference, this many typically get accepted.
What is 12-15 plays/playwrights?