Plot & Drama Vocabulary

Front

What is the written text of a drama or movie called?

Back

Script

Front

What part of the plot involves the main character's problem being revealed through a series of connected events?

Back

Rising Action

Front

What are the events that make up a story?

Back

Plot

Front

What part of the plot occurs when the main character's problem is resolved?

Back

Resolution

Front

What do you learn about in the exposition of a story?

Back

Characters & Setting

Front

What is the term for the highest point of tension in a story?

Back

Climax

Front

What is the term for the struggle between opposing forces in a story?

Back

Conflict

Front

What is the part of the plot that leads up to the climax?

Back

Rising Action

Front

What is the term for the events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution?

Back

Falling Action

Front

What is the term for the person who tells the story in a drama?

Back

Narrator