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Drama vocab

drama vocab review sheet

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COMPLICATION A NEW ELEMENT INTRODUCED INTO THE PLOT THAT AFFECTS THE COURSE OF ACTION OF THE DRAMA
CONFLICT THE CENTRAL TENSION THAT PROVIDES THE "SKELETON" ON WHICH THE DRAMATIC STRUCTURE IS BUILT
CONNOTATION A NON LITERAL MEANING ASSOCIATED WITH A WORD
CRISIS A MOMENT (OR SERIES OF MOMENTS) WHEN THE CONFLICT COMES TO A DRAMATIC CLIMAX
DENOTATION THE LITERAL MEANING OF A WORD
DRAMATIC UNITY THE QUALITY OF HAVING ALL THE ACTIONS OF A DRAMA RELATE LOGICALLY TO THE CENTRAL CONFLICT
EXPOSITION THE MEANS BY WHICH A PLAYWRIGHT COMMUNICATES BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT CHARACTER AND PLOT TO THE AUDIENCE
FARCE A DRAMATIC FORM LIKE COMEDY THAT INVOLVES A "COMIC" DRAMATIC CONFLICT, BUT AIMS TO ENTERTAIN RATHER THAN TO INTRODUCE SOPHISTICATED COMIC THEMES
MELODRAMA A DRAMATIC FORM LIKE TRAGEDY THAT INVOLVES A SERIOUS DRAMATIC CONFLICT BUT AIMS TO ENTERTAIN RATHER THAN INTRODUCE SERIOUS TRAGIC THEMES
PLOT THE "STORY" OF THE DRAMA, THE STRUCTURE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT OCCUR DURING THE COURSE OF THE PLAY
POINT OF ATTACH THE MOMENT IN THE PLOT WHEN THE CHAIN OF EVENTS IS SET IN MOTION THAT LEADS EVENTUALLY TO THE CRISIS AND RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION THE END OF THE DRAMA, CONTAINING THE FINAL SOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT
SETTING THE ENVIROMENT IN WHICH THE DRAMA TAKES PLACE, SETS THE ACTION IN A SPECIFIC PLACE AND TIME, CONTRIBUTES TOT HE MOOD AND REFLECTS THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CHARACTERS
SUBTEXT THE UNDERLYING MESSAGE COMMUNICATED WHEN CHARACTERS EXPRESS ONE IDEA BUT ARE REALLY THINKING OR FEELING SOMETHING ELSE.
THEME A UNIVERSAL IDEA THAT GIVES DRAMA STRUCTURE AND FOCUS
TRAGIC FLOW AN ELEMENT OF THE TRAGIC HERO'S OWN CHARACTER THAT CONTRIBUTES TO HIS OR HER TRAGIC DOWNFALL
TRAGIC HERO THE CENTRAL CHARACTER IN A TRAGEDY, WHO BECOMES CAUGHT IN A DRAMATIC CONFLICT THAT LEADS TO RUIN OR DEATH
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