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Drama: a work of literature meant to be performed for an audience by actors.
Playwright: the author of a play, or drama. Ex. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hacket wrote the "Diary of Anne Frank." (the play)
Conflict: when the character is opposed by another character or force
Complications: additional problems to the conflict
Climax: he moment of greatest emotional intensity
Resolution: the final part of the play; the conflict is resolved
Change: changes come about as the characters work out their conflicts. (Some become wiser, more generous, pettier, etc.)
Irony: is a contrast between expectation and reality.
Dramatic Irony: occurs when the people watching a play know something that the characters on stage do not know—including, sometimes, what awaits them in the future.
The Shock of Recognition: a play succeeds when we (the audience) share the same feelings of the characters on stage.
Flashback: an interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.
Act: one of the major divisions of a play or drama.
Scene: a subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous.
Stage Directions: they tell the actors how to read their lines (what tone of voice to use, what emotions they are trying to express) as well as what actions to perform or what gestures to make.
Stage Design: how the stage will look and will be represented.
Characters: one who performs or appears on a play.
Script: the manuscript or written document of a play.
Speculating: to engage in thought or reflection; to meditate.
Inference: to hint; to guess; imply or suggest.
Dialogue: conversation between two or more characters.
Characters in Crisis: every play centers on a crisis, a situation of danger or difficulty that places at risk something of great value to the characters: life, love, family pride, anything that is precious to them.
Idioms: regional speech or dialect.
Symbol: a person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.
Tone: the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience.
Mood: feeling or atmosphere of a work of literature.
Theme: the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals.
Overstatement: exaggeration that is used for effect.
Paraphrasing: to restate in your own words.
Drama
Across:4. | a person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well. | 5. | one who performs or appears on a play. | 7. | the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals. | 8. | conversation between two or more characters. | 11. | additional problems to the conflict | 13. | they tell the actors how to read their lines (what tone of voice to use, what emotions they are trying to express) as well as what actions to perform or what gestures to make. | 15. | exaggeration that is used for effect. |
| 16. | when the character is opposed by another character or force | 18. | he moment of greatest emotional intensity | 21. | how the stage will look and will be represented. | 22. | every play centers on a crisis, a situation of danger or difficulty that places at risk something of great value to the characters: life, love, family pride, anything that is precious to them. | 24. | regional speech or dialect. | 25. | to hint; to guess; imply or suggest. |
| | Down:1. | the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience. | 2. | the manuscript or written document of a play. | 3. | a work of literature meant to be performed for an audience by actors. | 6. | the final part of the play; the conflict is resolved | 7. | a play succeeds when we (the audience) share the same feelings of the characters on stage. | 9. | feeling or atmosphere of a work of literature. | 10. | to engage in thought or reflection; to meditate. |
| 12. | a subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous. | 14. | to restate in your own words. | 17. | an interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time. | 19. | one of the major divisions of a play or drama. | 20. | the author of a play, or drama. Ex. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hacket wrote the "Diary of Anne Frank." (the play) | 22. | changes come about as the characters work out their conflicts. (Some become wiser, more generous, pettier, etc.) | 23. | is a contrast between expectation and reality. |
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Drama
Across:4. | a person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well. | 5. | one who performs or appears on a play. | 7. | the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals. | 8. | conversation between two or more characters. | 11. | additional problems to the conflict | 13. | they tell the actors how to read their lines (what tone of voice to use, what emotions they are trying to express) as well as what actions to perform or what gestures to make. | 15. | exaggeration that is used for effect. |
| 16. | when the character is opposed by another character or force | 18. | he moment of greatest emotional intensity | 21. | how the stage will look and will be represented. | 22. | every play centers on a crisis, a situation of danger or difficulty that places at risk something of great value to the characters: life, love, family pride, anything that is precious to them. | 24. | regional speech or dialect. | 25. | to hint; to guess; imply or suggest. |
| | Down:1. | the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience. | 2. | the manuscript or written document of a play. | 3. | a work of literature meant to be performed for an audience by actors. | 6. | the final part of the play; the conflict is resolved | 7. | a play succeeds when we (the audience) share the same feelings of the characters on stage. | 9. | feeling or atmosphere of a work of literature. | 10. | to engage in thought or reflection; to meditate. |
| 12. | a subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous. | 14. | to restate in your own words. | 17. | an interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time. | 19. | one of the major divisions of a play or drama. | 20. | the author of a play, or drama. Ex. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hacket wrote the "Diary of Anne Frank." (the play) | 22. | changes come about as the characters work out their conflicts. (Some become wiser, more generous, pettier, etc.) | 23. | is a contrast between expectation and reality. |
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