Playwriting Vocabulary Unit 4

Plot

• Any person appearing in a play

• The vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject

• The structure of the action of a play

• Central idea

Lexicon

• Any person appearing in a play

• The vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject

• The structure of the action of a play

• Central idea

Character

• Any person appearing in a play

• The vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject

• The structure of the action of a play

• Central idea

Theme

• Any person appearing in a play

• The vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject

• The structure of the action of a play

• Central idea

Freytag's Pyramid

• The framework that allows a story’s plot to unfold

• A framework used to analyze and outline the dramatic structure of stories from beginning to end

• Introduces background characters and events.

• includes all the visual aspects of a production, including costumes, make-up, scenery and special effects.

Exposition

• The framework that allows a story’s plot to unfold

• A framework used to analyze and outline the dramatic structure of stories from beginning to end

• Introduces background characters and events.

• includes all the visual aspects of a production, including costumes, make-up, scenery and special effects.

Spectacle

• The framework that allows a story’s plot to unfold

• A framework used to analyze and outline the dramatic structure of stories from beginning to end

• Introduces background characters and events.

• includes all the visual aspects of a production, including costumes, make-up, scenery and special effects.

Plot Structure

• The framework that allows a story’s plot to unfold

• A framework used to analyze and outline the dramatic structure of stories from beginning to end

• Introduces background characters and events.

• includes all the visual aspects of a production, including costumes, make-up, scenery and special effects.

Climax

• A series of events that create suspense in the narrative

• What happens near the end of a story after the climax and resolution of the major conflic

• The part of the story where the suspense reaches its highest part

• An event that occurs, in relation to your protagonist, near to the beginning of your story, which sets that story moving in a different direction

Falling Action

• A series of events that create suspense in the narrative

• What happens near the end of a story after the climax and resolution of the major conflict

• The part of the story where the suspense reaches its highest part

• An event that occurs, in relation to your protagonist, near to the beginning of your story, which sets that story moving in a different direction