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10 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Character List
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Appears at the beginning of the play;
says who’s who in the play |
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Back Story
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The background you as a writer imagine for each character; important in creating believable characters
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Emergency
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The problem; 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
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Conflict
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What the main character struggles against - another person, a situation, or something within himself or herself; conflict creates tension and drama in the play
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At Rise
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What’s happening when the curtain opens; “at rise” text appears at the beginning of each scene.
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Setting
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Time and place of a scene; stated at the beginning of the scene
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Scene
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A single situation in a single setting of a play
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Act
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Made up of several related scenes of a play
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Stage Directions
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Messages from the playwright to the actors telling them what to do on stage and how to do it
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