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Playwriting Vocabulary Unit 4

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Plot

a)

Any person appearing in a play

b)

The vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject

c)

The structure of the action of a play

d)

Central idea

2.

Lexicon

a)

Any person appearing in a play

b)

The vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject

c)

The structure of the action of a play

d)

Central idea

3.

Character

a)

Any person appearing in a play

b)

The vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject

c)

The structure of the action of a play

d)

Central idea

4.

Theme

a)

Any person appearing in a play

b)

The vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject

c)

The structure of the action of a play

d)

Central idea

5.

Freytag's Pyramid

a)

The framework that allows a story’s plot to unfold

b)

A framework used to analyze and outline the dramatic structure of stories from beginning to end

c)

Introduces background characters and events.

d)

includes all the visual aspects of a production, including costumes, make-up, scenery and special effects.

6.

Exposition

a)

The framework that allows a story’s plot to unfold

b)

A framework used to analyze and outline the dramatic structure of stories from beginning to end

c)

Introduces background characters and events.

d)

includes all the visual aspects of a production, including costumes, make-up, scenery and special effects.

7.

Spectacle

a)

The framework that allows a story’s plot to unfold

b)

A framework used to analyze and outline the dramatic structure of stories from beginning to end

c)

Introduces background characters and events.

d)

includes all the visual aspects of a production, including costumes, make-up, scenery and special effects.

8.

Plot Structure

a)

The framework that allows a story’s plot to unfold

b)

A framework used to analyze and outline the dramatic structure of stories from beginning to end

c)

Introduces background characters and events.

d)

includes all the visual aspects of a production, including costumes, make-up, scenery and special effects.

9.

Climax

a)

A series of events that create suspense in the narrative

b)

What happens near the end of a story after the climax and resolution of the major conflic

c)

The part of the story where the suspense reaches its highest part

d)

An event that occurs, in relation to your protagonist, near to the beginning of your story, which sets that story moving in a different direction

10.

Falling Action

a)

A series of events that create suspense in the narrative

b)

What happens near the end of a story after the climax and resolution of the major conflict

c)

The part of the story where the suspense reaches its highest part

d)

An event that occurs, in relation to your protagonist, near to the beginning of your story, which sets that story moving in a different direction

11.

Rising Action

a)

A series of events that create suspense in the narrative

b)

What happens near the end of a story after the climax and resolution of the major conflict

c)

The part of the story where the suspense reaches its highest part

d)

An event that occurs, in relation to your protagonist, near to the beginning of your story, which sets that story moving in a different direction

12.

Inciting Incident

a)

A series of events that create suspense in the narrative

b)

What happens near the end of a story after the climax and resolution of the major conflict

c)

The part of the story where the suspense reaches its highest part

d)

An event that occurs, in relation to your protagonist, near to the beginning of your story, which sets that story moving in a different direction

13.

Denouement

a)

abstractions of humanity which create the illusion of life

b)

The type of story being told including four elements: character, story, plot and setting

c)

The point in which the conflict is resolved

d)

Written texts of plays that are intended to be performed on stage

14.

Scripts

a)

abstractions of humanity which create the illusion of life

b)

The type of story being told including four elements: character, story, plot and setting

c)

The point in which the conflict is resolved

d)

Written texts of plays that are intended to be performed on stage

15.

Genre

a)

abstractions of humanity which create the illusion of life

b)

The type of story being told including four elements: character, story, plot and setting

c)

The point in which the conflict is resolved

d)

Written texts of plays that are intended to be performed on stage

16.

Dramatic Characters

a)

abstractions of humanity which create the illusion of life

b)

The type of story being told including four elements: character, story, plot and setting

c)

The point in which the conflict is resolved

d)

Written texts of plays that are intended to be performed on stage

17.

What do we call how the plot of a play unfolds including a beginning, middle and end?

Dramatic Structure or Dramatic Dialogue

(a)  

18.

What do we call where there is lots happening - but it’s realistic, and the characters are reacting passionately but realistically.   

Dramatic Structure or Dramatic Dialogue

(a)