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WorksheetsPlaywriting Vocabulary CW
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the turning point in a plot?
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Introduction
What is the structure of a play, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and
denouement?
the play
the idea
the plot
the theme
What is the long speech one character gives on stage to an audience?
motivational speech
drama
soliloquy
monologue
What are messages from the playwright to the actors, technicians, and others in the theater telling them what to do and how to do it.
Lines
Stage Directions
Orders
Instructions
Who the actor pretends to be. They have goals and ideas.
(a)
What is a conversation between two or more characters?
Script
Argument
Dialogue
Scene
What is a character’s life story that a playwright creates?
Non-fiction Story
Autobigraphy
Fiction Story
Biography
The obstacles that get in the way of a character achieving what he or she wants. What the characters struggle against.
Conflict
Drama
Exposition
Climax
A single situation or unit of dialogue in a play is called a ________.
Rising Action
Climax
Scene
Dialogue
What is the time and place of a scene called?
(a)
Dramatic Action is....
the beginning part of a plot that provides important background information.
an explanation of what the characters are trying to do.
the middle part of a plot, consisting of complications and discoveries that create conflict.
the final resolution of the conflict in a plot.
What is the final resolution of the conflict in a plot?
Exposition
Climax
Outcome
Denouement
The smaller section of a scene, divided where a shift in emotion or topic occurs is the...
beat
skip
play
conflict
The middle part of a plot, consisting of complications and discoveries that create conflict.
Falling Action
Climax
Rising Action
Denouement
The beginning part of a plot that provides important background information.
Rising Action
Climax
Monologue
Exposition
The series of events following the climax of a plot is called the....
Falling Action
Conflict
Denouement
Rising Action
The author of a play.
Playwriter
Scripter
Playwright
Playwrite
What are the 5 elements of theatre?
Script, Characters, Dialogue, Scenes, Action/Plot
Monologue, Language/Script, Climax, Characters, Setting
Theme/Ideas, Action/Plot, Characters, Language, Dialogue
Action/Plot, Characters, Monologue, Dialogue, Theme/Ideas
