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Play writing Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

who the actor pretends to be.

a)

Setting

b)

Plot

c)

Character

d)

Dialogue

2.

A conversation between two or more characters.

a)

Monologue

b)

Setting

c)

Dialogue

d)

Climax

3.

Obstacles that get in the way of a character achieving what he or she wants. What the characters struggle against.

a)

Conflict

b)

Plot

c)

Monologue

d)

Antagonist

4.

A single situation or unit of dialogue in a play.

a)

Falling Action

b)

Act

c)

Scene

d)

Beat

5.

Messages from the playwright to the actors, technicians, and others in the theater telling them what to do and how to do it.

a)

Character

b)

Conflict

c)

Stage Directions

d)

Denouement

6.

time and place of a scene.

a)

Plot

b)

Setting

c)

Biography

d)

Exposition

7.

A character's life story that a playwright creates.

a)

Plot

b)

Beat

c)

Biography

d)

Setting

8.

A long speech one character gives on stage.

a)

Falling Action

b)

Denouement

c)

Stage Directions

d)

Monologue

9.

An explanation of what the characters are trying to do.

a)

Dramatic Action

b)

Beat

c)

Scene

d)

Character

10.

Beat-

a)

time and place of a scene.

b)

who the actor pretends to be.

c)

a smaller section of a scene, divided where a shift in emotion occurs.

d)

a characters life story.

11.

Plot -

a)

the series of events following the climax.

b)

a single situation of dialogue in a play.

c)

the structure in the play, including exposition, rising action...

d)

a conversation between two or more characters.

12.

Exposition -

a)

the turning point in a plot.

b)

the middle part of a plot, consisting of complications and discoveries that create conflict.

c)

the final resolution of the conflict.

d)

the beginning part of a plot that provides important background information.

13.

Rising Action-

a)

the turning point in a plot.

b)

the middle part of a plot, consisting of complications and discoveries that create conflict.

c)

the final resolution of the conflict.

d)

the beginning part of a plot that provides important background information.

14.

Climax-

a)

turning point in the plot.

b)

the middle part of a plot, consisting of complications and discoveries that create conflict.

c)

the final resolution of the conflict.

d)

the beginning part of a plot that provides important background information.

15.

Denouement-

a)

turning point in the plot.

b)

the middle part of a plot, consisting of complications and discoveries that create conflict.

c)

the final resolution of the conflict.

d)

the beginning part of a plot that provides important background information.

16.

Falling action -

a)

turning point in a plot.

b)

the series of events following the climax of a plot

c)

the final resolution of the conflict in a plot.

d)

a conversation between two or more characters.