Words spoke by actors. There are NO quotation marks. The character's name is bolded to indicate which character/actor is speaking. The words the actor is supposed to be speaking is not bolded. Their dialogue reveals information about the character.

Usually set in italics and are enclosed in parentheses or brackets. Indicates how actors move and speak, provide information about the setting, tell how a character feels, and moves the plot forward.

Speakers or characters who provide information about the characters and events. They may describe events that happened earlier or are difficult to stage.

Insight aboout life that the literary work expresses. The lesson, moral, or message. There can be more than one for a given text.

Three elements to look at to identify theme.

Characters, Conflicts, Settings

A character struggles against an outside force, such as another character, nature, or society.

The conflict is within a single character who is struggling with opposing feelings, beliefs, needs or desires.

What are the five plot points of a plot mountain.

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

The writer introduces the characters, setting, and conflict.

The conflict begins and develops. Tension builds.

The conflict reaches its most intense or exciting point.

The tension lessens. Events "wind down".

The conflict ends or is settled in some way.

A break in the time order of a plot that shows a scene from the past. Can be a memory, dream, or a real shift in time.

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Unit 4 (Part 1)

Dramatic Structures, Conflicts, Flash Backs

Term	Definition
Scene Dialogue	Words spoke by actors. There are NO quotation marks. The character's name is bolded to indicate which character/actor is speaking. The words the actor is supposed to be speaking is not bolded. Their dialogue reveals information about the character.
Stage Directions	Usually set in italics and are enclosed in parentheses or brackets. Indicates how actors move and speak, provide information about the setting, tell how a character feels, and moves the plot forward.
Narrator	Speakers or characters who provide information about the characters and events. They may describe events that happened earlier or are difficult to stage.
Theme	Insight aboout life that the literary work expresses. The lesson, moral, or message. There can be more than one for a given text.
Three elements to look at to identify theme.	Characters, Conflicts, Settings
Two types of conflict	External and Internal
External Conflict	A character struggles against an outside force, such as another character, nature, or society.
Internal Conflict	The conflict is within a single character who is struggling with opposing feelings, beliefs, needs or desires.
What are the five plot points of a plot mountain.	Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Exposition	The writer introduces the characters, setting, and conflict.
Rising Action	The conflict begins and develops. Tension builds.
Climax	The conflict reaches its most intense or exciting point.
Falling Action	The tension lessens. Events "wind down".
Resolution	The conflict ends or is settled in some way.
Flashback	A break in the time order of a plot that shows a scene from the past. Can be a memory, dream, or a real shift in time.

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