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21 Cards in this Set
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What is a furthur subdivision of a play?
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An Act.
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What is a furthur subdivision of an act?
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A scene
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What is a play that ends happily?
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A comedy
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What is dialogue?
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The conversation of the characters in the play.
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What is a play that ends unhappily?
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A tragedy.
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What is a play designed to arouse intense emotion by exaggeration and fast-moving action?
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A melodrama
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What is the hero or leading character whom which the audience sympathizes often called?
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The protagonist
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Who opposes or competes with the protagonist?
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The antagonist
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What are properties?
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all of the stage furnishings
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What is pantomime?
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actions without words or props
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What is atmosphere?
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the mood or feeling
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What is the important central idea presented by the play
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The theme
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What is the chain of events that make up the play
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the plot
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What is farce?
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a highly exaggerated humorous play or skit
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What is the reason for characters beliefs or actions
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motivation
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What is stage left
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left of the stage from the actors point of view
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What is stage right
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right of the stage from actors point of view
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What is the area of the stage AWAY from the footlights
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upstage
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what is the area of the stage CLOSE to the footlights
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downstage
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What is an actor
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a person whose function it is to communicate words and emotions to an audience, he/she assumes personality of character
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what is the audience
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those who view the play. they should be responsive to the action and mood that the actors portray.
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