Cycle 1 Review: Critique, Play Elements, Play Analysis

What is a critique?

• a detailed summary of the story, play, or movie

• a process of describing, analyzing, interpreting and evaluating

• an evaluation of the parts of a story, play or movie

What is the definition of perspective in theatre critique?

• a value

• a summary

• a point of view or attitude

Name the 5 parts of Freytag's Pyramid.

A character's objective in a play, story, or movie is......

What are tactics?

• problems that characters have to overcome

• the ways characters try to achieve their objective

• the actor's overall game plan

Which items would you include in a backstory for your character?

• the place the character was born

• the character's upbringing (life with his parents)

• the character's education level

• the character's objective