Drama Ch 5 Vocab

Front

What is the term for the main character in a play?

Back

Protagonist

Front

Which term describes the process of making the characters, setting, conflicts, and situation apparent to the audience?

Back

Exposition

Front

What is the term for the environment of the play, largely created by staging and lighting?

Back

Atmosphere

Front

Which term refers to the emotional feeling of the play?

Back

Mood

Front

What is a clearly defined explanation of events that have occurred in the lives of the leading characters before the action of the play begins?

Back

Preliminary situation

Front

What is the series of related events that take place in a play called?

Back

Plot

Front

Who or what is the person or force opposing the protagonist?

Back

Antagonist

Front

What is another term for the resolution of a play?

Back

Denouement

Front

What are speeches in which actors talk alone—think aloud—about themselves and their motives or about other people and situations called?

Back

Soliloquy

Front

What is the basic idea of a play, which the author dramatizes through the conflicts of characters?

Back

Theme