Beginning Theatre Semester Final

WHAT a character wants OVERALL in a story.

EXAMPLE: Cinderella wants to marry the prince and escape her life of servitude.

• objective/objetivo(a)

• super-objective/objetivo(a)-principal

• sub-objective/sub-objetivo

WHAT a character wants IN A SINGLE SCENE in a story; leads to overall goal.

EXAMPLE: Cinderella wants to go to the ball to meet the prince.

• objective/objetivo(a)

• super-objective/objetivo(a)-principal

• sub-objective/sub-objetivo

HOW a character chooses to approach their objective (the techniques, plans, strategies, and actions).

EXAMPLE: Cinderella tries to do all her chores so she can go to the ball.

• tactics/táctica

• super-objective/objetivo(a)-principal

• motivation/motivación

Anything that PREVENTS your character from accomplishing their objective.

EXAMPLE: Cinderella's stepmother continually gives her new chores so she can't go.

• tactics/táctica

• motivation/motivación

• obstacle/obstáculo

The tongue and teeth are both organs of ____________

La lengua y los dientes son ambos órganos de ____________.

• articulation/articulación

• motivation/motivación

• vocal folds/cuerdas vocales

Tissue located in the larynx (voicebox) that:

1. Protect the airway from choking.

2. Regulate airflow into the lungs.

3. Produce sounds used for speech.

• articulation/articulación

• nasal cavity/cavidad nasal

• vocal folds/cuerdas vocales

The prince arrives at Cinderella's house with the conveniently un-disappeared glass slipper. She puts it on and, of course, it fits perfectly, meaning they WILL BE married by the end of the story.

This moment changes Cinderella's fortune for better, so it represents the ______.

• climax/clímax

• conflict/conflicto

• exposition/exposición

A royal page arrives at Cinderella's house. He announces that all of the single ladies in the kingdom are invited to the prince's ball, where he will attempt to find his bride.

This event "kicks off" the story and motivates Cinderella to go to the ball, so it represents the ________ ________.

• inciting incident/incidente incitar

• falling action/acción caer

• exposition/exposición

AFTER Cinderella invites her stepmother and stepsisters to come live in the royal palace, she and the prince are finally married and everyone lives "happily ever after."

• resolution/resolución

• falling action/acción caer

• exposition/exposición

A character's ID attributed to their dialogue

• Speaker/Altavoz

• Action/Acción

• Header/Título