Play Basics
It includes all the events that happen or are mentioned in the text.
What is Story?
Hints about events to come that set the audience up.
What is foreshadowing?
Edward Bloom's son's name in Big Fish.
What is Will?
The main or lead character in a story. The story revolves around them.
What is Protagonist?
This sets up the plot of a story by revealing events that occur before the start of the play.
What is Exposition?
The ordering or structuring of events that take place on stage.
What is Plot?
Events in a story that keep the audience guessing about the outcome during a break in the playing action.
What is a Cliffhanger?
The name of Edward Bloom's hometown in Big Fish.
What is Ashton?
The character who acts as the main adversary to the protagonist.
What is Antagonist?
The town that Edward Bloom arrived early to and late for.
What is Spectre?
The struggles or obstacles that characters face and try to overcome in a story.
What is Conflict?
A lesser, secondary storyline to the main plot.
What is Subplot?
The number of years Edward Bloom spent working for the circus in Big Fish.
A character that represents an obvious stereotype.
What is a Stock Character?
The highest point of emotional intensity in a story.
What is Climax?
A central topic, message or lesson of a story.
What is Theme?
The "tune in next week" approach to TV was showcased in a video example from this old show.
What is Batman?
Sandra Templeton's favorite flowers in Big Fish.
What are Daffodils?
A character who changes and evolves over time.
What is a Dynamic Character?
The end of a story -- the resolution.
What is Denouement?
The formula that the plot of a story follows.
What is Dramatic Structure?
When the action of the main plot is echoed in a secondary action.
What is Parallel Plot?
What is Auburn?
A character that is the opposite or contrast of another character in the story.
What is Foil Character?
The name of the poet that Edward Blooms keeps running into in Big Fish.
Who is Norther Winslow?