Drama Terms

The action of the story from the opening to the resolution is the ______ .

• plot
• setting
• complication
• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The main character in a story is the ____.

• plot
• complication
• protagonist
• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What or who tries to keep the main character from his goal is the ______.

• plot
• complication
• protagonist
• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The stated or suggested time and place of a story is the ____.

• plot
• setting
• complication
• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The final situation in a story (the way things end up)

• Resolution
• Falling Action
• Climax
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The event in a story that sets the action in motion and leads to the main conflict. 

• subplot
• climax
• inciting incident
• conflict

The main problem faced by the protagonist in a story. This should be written as "protagonist vs. antagonist"

• Parallel Episode
• Inciting incident
• Rising Action
• Main Conflict

The events in the story following the climax but before the resolution.

• climax
• resolution
• falling action
• inciting incident

the point in s story in which the protagonist faces his/her main conflict and the outcome will be decided one way or another

• climax
• resolution
• inciting incident
• falling action

also called complications, these are the events in a story that create obstacles for the protagonist as he/she tries to solve the main conflict

• setting
• rising action
• protagonist
• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9