Story Structure
This is how the story starts and introduces the characters.
What is the beginning?
The big problem that drives the story is called this.
What is conflict?
Where and when the story happens.
What is Setting?
This stage area is in the very middle and is great for dramatic moments.
What is center stage?
The part where things get harder and the conflict grows.
What is the middle or rising action?
A type of conflict where a character or group of characters struggle against the forces of the natural world
What is "Man vs. Nature"
What a character or characters say out loud.
What is dialogue?
This is the part of the stage closest to the audience.
What is downstage?
The ending of the story where the problem is solved.
What is the resolution?
A type of conflict where two characters are pitted against each other.
What is "Man vs. Man"?
These appear above lines to show who is talking.
What are character names?
This is the part of the stage farthest from the audience.
What is upstage?
These three parts (beginning, middle, end) create this shape.
What is the story arc?
A type of conflict where a character struggles with their own internal thoughts, feelings, or desires
What is "Man vs. Self"?
A play is broken into these major sections.
What are scenes?
These tell actors what to do or how to move.
What are stage directions or actions?
The sequence of events that make up the story
What is the Plot?
The most intense, important scene in the story is called this.
What is the climax?
The big idea or message a story is trying to tell.
What is a theme?
This is whose perspective stage directions like Stage Right and Stage Left are based on.
What is the actor’s perspective?