Basic Theatre Terms

Who is the hero or leading character with whom the audience sympathizes?

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Theme

• Plot

Who opposes or competes with the protagonist?

• Protagonist

• Theme

• Antagonist

• Scene

What is the chain of events that make up the play called?

• Plot

• Scene

• Act

• Theme

What introduces a specific conflict in a play?

• Catastrophe

• Inciting Force

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

monologue

• a speech in which one character reveals his or her thoughts or feelings without interruption

• a major section of a play or drama

• a flat area that sticks out of a wall of a building, often well

  above the main Floor

• the way in which a play is performed, including the movements of the actors, set design, and Costumes

What is the term for the central idea(s) in a play?

• Plot

• Theme

• Act

• Scene

What does foreshadowing do in a play?

• Provides comic relief

• Acts as a warning or sign of future events

• Reveals a character's internal thoughts

• Subdivides a play into acts

What is an act in a play?

• A speech revealing a character's thoughts

• A subdivision of a play

• A warning of future events

• A play on words

What is a scene in a play?

• A further subdivision of an act

• A warning of future events

• A play on words

• A speech revealing a character's thoughts

What is dramatic irony?

• When the audience knows something the character does not

• A comment made by an actor to the audience

• A play on words

• A warning of future events