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Drama 4th 6th week test vocabulary

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A person, animal, fantasy creature or personified abstaction who participate in the actions, directly or indirectle   Character  
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Example of an animal as a character   Charlotte's Webb  
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Example of fantasy creature as character   The Chronicles of Narnia  
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Example of personified abstraction   The Christmas Carol (Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future)  
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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  
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Studying all the descriptions and information about a character provided by the script   Character Analysis  
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Descriptive statements about a particular character that distinguishes him/her from the other characters   Character Description  
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The first person to work on a play   Playwright  
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A Playwright does 4 things...   1. organizes 2. researches 3. writes and 4. revises the play  
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The written words of the play   script  
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The performing members of a production   cast  
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The main character in literature   protagonist  
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The main opponent to main character   antagonist  
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The message of a story, play or poem that contains the elements of the story   Theme  
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The elements of the story are 4 things...   1. conflict 2. exposition 3. characters and 4. plot  
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The content, ideas and feelings being conveyed, communicated   message  
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A good story has...   1. a clear understanding of the characters and the conflicts that the characters face  
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Every telling of a story happens during a limited period of time: past, present or future   Time Frame  
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All the details of an event. Describes everything that happens, whether factual or fictitious   Story  
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Explains and describes 1. characters 2. plot 3. setting 4. circumstances   Exposition  
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In drama, _____________ is minimal and interspersed throughout the play because the audience sees and hears these elements   exposition  
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The details of the story that create suspense while emphasizing conflict   plot  
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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  
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When nothing of importance happens   Stasis  
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The event that introduces conflict to the story   inciting event  
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The conflicts that lead to the story's crisis   rising action  
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A turning point in a conflict (usually have numerous crises)   crisis  
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When all of the suspense builds and emotion is at it's highest   climax  
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the events that immediately follow the climax   falling action  
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the return to stasis after the primary conflicts are resolved   resolution  
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When two opposing forces clash   Conflict  
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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  
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A specific moment or occurance when the opposing forces meet   Confrontation  
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The moral nature of a story. The moral or immoral quality of a piece of literature   Moral Tone  
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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?  
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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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