Playwriting Vocabulary CW

What is the turning point in a plot?

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Introduction

What is the structure of a play, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and

denouement?

• the play

• the idea

• the plot

• the theme

What is the long speech one character gives on stage to an audience?

• motivational speech

• drama

• soliloquy

• monologue

What are messages from the playwright to the actors, technicians, and others in the theater telling them what to do and how to do it.

• Lines

• Stage Directions

• Orders

• Instructions

Who the actor pretends to be. They have goals and ideas.

What is a conversation between two or more characters?

• Script

• Argument

• Dialogue

• Scene

What is a character’s life story that a playwright creates?

• Non-fiction Story

• Autobigraphy

• Fiction Story

• Biography

The obstacles that get in the way of a character achieving what he or she wants. What the characters struggle against.

• Conflict

• Drama

• Exposition

• Climax

A single situation or unit of dialogue in a play is called a ________.

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Scene

• Dialogue

What is the time and place of a scene called?