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●     - represents abstract concepts through symbolic characters

• Hyphenation

• Allegory

• Dashification

• Symbolization

●     Burlesque - ridicules or satirizes a well-known play or dramatic style

• Burlesque
• Epic -

• Tragedy -

• Parody -

- exaggerates comic and highly improbable situations

• Farce
• Horror
• Romance
• Drama

●     Melodrama -

• Melodrama is filled with happy situations.
• Melodrama is filled with exciting situations.
• Melodrama is filled with boring situations.
• Melodrama is filled with pathetic situations.

●     Naturalistic play -

• Naturalistic play presents the dark sides of life.
• Naturalistic play presents the bright sides of life.
• Naturalistic play focuses on fantasy and imagination.
• Naturalistic play avoids portraying reality.

●     Problem play -

• A problem play presents a current social problem and provides a solution or course of action.
• A problem play presents a comedy with no serious themes
• A problem play presents a fictional story with no relevance to real-life issues
• A problem play presents a historical event and its consequences

●     - presents an image of what is really happening in society

• Documentary
• Romantic Comedy
• Realistic play

• Fictional

●   magnifies and embellishes reality

• photography
• music

• romantic

• dance

●     pokes fun on manners, a way of life, or old beliefs

• sarcasm
• Travesty

• Satire

• parody

●     Acting area (playing area) - the place within the performance space in which the actor may move in full view of the audience; divided into _________

• 20 acting areas: 5 downstage, center stage, and four upstage
• 15 acting areas: 5 downstage, center stage, and three upstage
• 10 acting areas: 5 downstage, center stage, and two upstage
• 15 acting areas: 5 upstage, center stage, and three downstage