This is the term for conversation between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
100
Each of these should have one main conflict and one main event. Other conflicts can be mentioned, but a change in time, place, or major event means you must make a new one of these.
What is a scene?
100
This is the name of an improv game where participants are asked to make up a story one event at a time; however, one participant constantly creates new and sometimes absurd conflicts with each addition.
What is fortunately/unfortunately?
100
This 10% of your grade makes a great Valentine's Day gift if you're cheap. If you're single, good for you.
What is a sonnet?
200
This is the term for a speech act from a single character.
What is a monologue?
200
The struggle between a character and another character or force, within or outside of themselves.
What is conflict?
200
This is the name of a timed activity where students put pen to paper and do not stop writing, even if they run out of ideas or go way off track.
What is freewriting?
200
This improv game requires a contestant to question and choose a bachelor; each "bachelor" is really just another participant given an improvised and strange personality. This taught us about indirect characterization.
What is The Dating Game?
200
This is the only NFL team named after a work of American Literature.
Who are the Baltimore Ravens?
300
Any differences between characters (male, female; employee, boss; old, young) proves that this "social" term exists.
What is social register?
300
The time and location of a story.
What is setting?
300
This is our term for the "file" of ideas gathered from random song lyrics, overheard conversations, unanswered questions, media headlines, or other bits and pieces we experience as human beings.
What is your inspiration file?
300
This is one strategy we studied last week, often used against characters who are more attractive, richer, more famous, more popular, or more successful than our lead character.
What is comedy?
300
If your characters leave the place they started in, or if any amount of time passes without action, you need to do what?
What is start a new scene?
400
This is a state of normalcy that needs to be disrupted in order to make a play work. This word is also a scientific term for a balance between forces.
What is equilibrium?
400
The process of learning about a character based on their actions and speech, rather than anything directly told.
What is indirect characterization?
400
This is the formal name for the 9th line of a sonnet, also called "the turn," which adds new insight or offers a new perspective.
What is the volta?
400
When watching Naked Gun, we noticed that Lieutenant Frank Drebin bribes the thug for information, before being bribed right back when the thug asked him why he wants to know. The difference between a Lieutenant and a thug is best illustrated by what term from class?
What is social register?
400
This is the number of confiscated hats locked in Mr. Farrell's desk.
What is two?
500
This is our term for introducing a conflict, adding more information to a conflict, or revealing more information about what is at risk for a character.
What are "stakes?"
500
Any situation where the audience knows something that the character on stage does not.
What is dramatic irony?
500
This is the term for the story projected by a character without their intention, such as Oscar's disorganization or Fantaine's problem with substances.
What is the unintentional story?
500
On the Critical Lens essay, you must give two examples of texts that you have read, and you should identify them with a TAG. What does TAG stand for?
What is Title, Author, Genre?
500
This is the literary term for "the author's attitude towards the subject." It may also have something to do with your attitude towards this question.