Stage design in which the audience is seated all the way around the acting area

A theater consisting if a stage area surrounded by a semicircle of seats

A character or a nonhuman force that opposes or is in conflict with the protagonist

The three principles of structure that require a play to have one plot that occurs in one place and within one day

A broad category of literary works intended primarily to entertain and amuse an audience

Literary genre consisting of works in which action is performed and all words are spoken before an audience by an actor or actors impersonating the characters

A gap between what an audience knows and what a character believes or expects

Character that serves as a contrast to another

Long speech spoken by one person and uninterrupted by the speech of anyone else

Semicircular area used mostly for dancing by the chorus objects used on stage

Most common type of modern theater, in which the stage is clearly demarcated from the auditorium by an arch most neutral and broadly applicable term for the main character in a work whether male or female, heroic or non heroic

The design, decoration, and scenery of the stage during a play when a character holds a position or has an expectation that is reversed or fulfilled in an unexpected way

Low building in the back of the stage area in classical Greek theaters. It represented the palace or temple in front of which the action took place

Words in the printed text of a play that inform the director, crew, actors, and readers how to stage, perform, or imagine the play

Stage design that allows the audience to sit around three sides of the major acting area

Work in which a character is brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force but also come to understand the meaning of his or her deeds and to accept an appropriate punishment

A character holds a position or has an expectation that is reversed or fulfilled in an unexpected way

Most neutral and broadly applicable term for the main character in a work

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Lit Quiz 5

Term	Definition
Arena stage	Stage design in which the audience is seated all the way around the acting area
Amphitheater	A theater consisting if a stage area surrounded by a semicircle of seats
Antagonist	A character or a nonhuman force that opposes or is in conflict with the protagonist
Classical Unities	The three principles of structure that require a play to have one plot that occurs in one place and within one day
Comedy	A broad category of literary works intended primarily to entertain and amuse an audience
Drama	Literary genre consisting of works in which action is performed and all words are spoken before an audience by an actor or actors impersonating the characters
Dramatic Irony	A gap between what an audience knows and what a character believes or expects
Foil	Character that serves as a contrast to another
Monologue	Long speech spoken by one person and uninterrupted by the speech of anyone else
Orchestra	Semicircular area used mostly for dancing by the chorus objects used on stage
Proscenium stage	Most common type of modern theater, in which the stage is clearly demarcated from the auditorium by an arch most neutral and broadly applicable term for the main character in a work whether male or female, heroic or non heroic
Sets	The design, decoration, and scenery of the stage during a play when a character holds a position or has an expectation that is reversed or fulfilled in an unexpected way
Skene	Low building in the back of the stage area in classical Greek theaters. It represented the palace or temple in front of which the action took place
Stage directions	Words in the printed text of a play that inform the director, crew, actors, and readers how to stage, perform, or imagine the play
Thrust stage	Stage design that allows the audience to sit around three sides of the major acting area
Tragedy	Work in which a character is brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force but also come to understand the meaning of his or her deeds and to accept an appropriate punishment
Situational Irony	A character holds a position or has an expectation that is reversed or fulfilled in an unexpected way
Props	An object used on stage
Protagonist	Most neutral and broadly applicable term for the main character in a work

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