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Drama – Play writing!

Drama – Play writing!. Know your play writing terms. CHARACTER. DIALOGUE. CONFLICT. ACT. STAGE DIRECTIONS. SCENE. SETTING. BIOGRAPHY. MONOLOGUE. PLOT. EXPOSITION. RISING ACTION. CLIMAX. FALLING ACTION. DENOUEMENT. THEME.

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Drama – Play writing!

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  1. Drama – Play writing!

  2. Know your play writing terms CHARACTER DIALOGUE CONFLICT ACT STAGE DIRECTIONS SCENE SETTING BIOGRAPHY MONOLOGUE PLOT EXPOSITION RISING ACTION CLIMAX FALLING ACTION DENOUEMENT THEME

  3. obstacles that get in the way of a character achieving what he or she wants; what thecharacters struggle against. conflict

  4. a conversation between two or more characters. dialogue

  5. a single situation or unit of dialogue in a play. scene

  6. messages from the playwright to the actors, technicians, and others in the theater telling them what to do and how to do it. stage directions

  7. the middle part of a plot, consisting of complications and discoveries that either create theconflict or that result from it. rising action

  8. who the actor pretends to be;he/she wants things, has goals and objectives character

  9. the turning point in a plot. climax

  10. the beginning part of a plot that provides important background information. exposition

  11. time and place of a scene. setting

  12. statement about life around which the playwright builds the play. theme

  13. a major unit or division of a play; it may be further divided into scenes. act

  14. the structure of a play, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, anddenouement. plot

  15. a long speech one character gives on stage. monologue

  16. a character’s life story that a playwright creates. biography

  17. the final resolution of the conflict in a plot. denouement

  18. the series of events following the climax of a plot. falling action

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