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12 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Resolution
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How everything ends; the final result.
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Message
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The theme- what your play is about, the "big idea."
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Monologue
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An uniterrupteed speech given by one character in a play. You should consider including at least one in you play.
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Dialogue
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The words characters sy to each other in aplay. Dialogue reveals what the characters' personalities are like, their dsires, and what they are thinking.
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Stage Direction
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Tell the actors where to stand on stage, where and how to move, what facial expressions they should have when delivering their lines, and the tone of voice they should use to deliver their lines. Remember that dialogue complements stage direstions, so you also want to have the characters talk about their actions and why they are going to act in this way.
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Setting
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Where and when you scene takes place.
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At Rise
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What the characters are doing when the stage lights go on and the curtain goes up.
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Characters
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The players in your scene. You should have one central (main) character and he or she must have a problem. All character mus be "real" people with ages, backgrounds, personaltity traits, desires, etc.
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Event
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What happens that makes this day different from any other day? (This is also known as"Passover Question.") what's going on that's out of the ordinary? What is the incident that leads to your central character's emergency?
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Emergency
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What's going on that makes a character take action (or makes a character want to take action.)
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Taking Action
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When a character takes steps to get what he or she wants because of the emergency; these steps will cause a change.
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Conflict
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The problem or struggle your central character faces. What's stopping him or her from getting what he or she wants?
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