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Drama 4th 6 wk test
Drama 4th 6th week test vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A person, animal, fantasy creature or personified abstaction who participate in the actions, directly or indirectle | Character |
| Example of an animal as a character | Charlotte's Webb |
| Example of fantasy creature as character | The Chronicles of Narnia |
| Example of personified abstraction | The Christmas Carol (Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future) |
| Seven Questions to ask when creating a character | 1. Who am I? 2. Where am I? 3. When is it? 4. What do I want? 5. How do I try to achieve what I want? 6. What obstacles do I have to try to overcome 7. What effect do I want to make on the other characters in the story & what effect do they have on me |
| Studying all the descriptions and information about a character provided by the script | Character Analysis |
| Descriptive statements about a particular character that distinguishes him/her from the other characters | Character Description |
| The first person to work on a play | Playwright |
| A Playwright does 4 things... | 1. organizes 2. researches 3. writes and 4. revises the play |
| The written words of the play | script |
| The performing members of a production | cast |
| The main character in literature | protagonist |
| The main opponent to main character | antagonist |
| The message of a story, play or poem that contains the elements of the story | Theme |
| The elements of the story are 4 things... | 1. conflict 2. exposition 3. characters and 4. plot |
| The content, ideas and feelings being conveyed, communicated | message |
| A good story has... | 1. a clear understanding of the characters and the conflicts that the characters face |
| Every telling of a story happens during a limited period of time: past, present or future | Time Frame |
| All the details of an event. Describes everything that happens, whether factual or fictitious | Story |
| Explains and describes 1. characters 2. plot 3. setting 4. circumstances | Exposition |
| In drama, _____________ is minimal and interspersed throughout the play because the audience sees and hears these elements | exposition |
| The details of the story that create suspense while emphasizing conflict | plot |
| 7 events that form the components of plot | 1. stasis 2. inciting event 3. rising action 4. crisis 5. climax 6. falling action 7. resolution |
| When nothing of importance happens | Stasis |
| The event that introduces conflict to the story | inciting event |
| The conflicts that lead to the story's crisis | rising action |
| A turning point in a conflict (usually have numerous crises) | crisis |
| When all of the suspense builds and emotion is at it's highest | climax |
| the events that immediately follow the climax | falling action |
| the return to stasis after the primary conflicts are resolved | resolution |
| When two opposing forces clash | Conflict |
| Types of Conflict: | 1. Man vs Man 2. Man vs. Society 3. Man vs. Nature 4. Man vs. Himself 5. Man vs. God or mythical gods |
| A specific moment or occurance when the opposing forces meet | Confrontation |
| The moral nature of a story. The moral or immoral quality of a piece of literature | Moral Tone |
| Moral tone can do 3 things... | 1. Does the conflict make you sympathize with evil actions? 2. Does the story encourage you to like moral, noble characters? 3. Is evil punished and good rewarded in the end? |
| Depicts evil as bad, with evil characters receiving punishment, while good is viewed positively, with good characters being rewarded | Moral Story |
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