Elements of Fiction
The series of related events that make up a story.
drama or plot
A playwright's written instructions about how actors should move and behave.
stage directions or soliloquy
Events that will help to fully resolve the conflict.
rising action or falling action
A kind of literature that is written to be performed by actors for an audience.
plot or drama
A struggle between a character and opposing characters or opposing forces.
conflict or exposition
A section in a play in which all of the events occur in one place at one time.
scene or aside
Introduces the characters and setting.
exposition or conflict
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to tell a compelling story or to tell stories from the past
The time and place in which a story occurs.
characters or setting
A speech in which a character speaks to a silent or absent listener in a moment of deep emotion.
aside or monologue
Builds suspense and shows how the conflict becomes more complicated.
resolution or rising action
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Elements unique to a drama...
stage directions, scenes, monologue
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characters, stage directions, scenes
A person (or an animal) in a literary work.
character or plot
A speech by a character alone on stage, whose words reveal what he or she is thinking or feeling.
soliloquy or stage directions
Its most emotional or suspenseful moment. Usually, the main character makes a decision or takes an action that makes the outcome of the conflict clear.
exposition or climax
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The reason a playwright includes stage directions in a script.
to provide information about how the play should look to the audience
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to provide information about the setting, characters, dialogue, and appearance of a play
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The words characters speak.
soliloquy or dialogue
A character makes a brief remark, either to the audience or to another character, that others on stage do not hear.
soliloquy or aside
Eases the suspense and reveals the outcome of the story's climax.
resolution or conflict
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This makes drama is different from other kinds of fiction.
Drama has more characters than other kinds of fiction.
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Drama is written to be performed by actors for an audience.
What is a drama is written to be performed by actors for an audience?