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24 Cards in this Set
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main idea of play; overall statement (topic, diea, message)
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Theme
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the "untying" of a play; resolution-play's actions have stilled and new harmony has been reached
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Denouement
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"human figures"; person in a play performed by actors
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Characters
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point of highest tension in a play; conflict to the most extreme
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Climax
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"goat song"; serious play universal human import is the theme
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Tragedy
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funny; play that ends happily; play with humor that celebrate external ironies
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Comedy
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highly comic, lighthearted, gleefully contrived; wildly hilarious treatment of trivial theme (mistaken identity)
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Farce
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carrier of action; principle character; high rank or stature
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Protagonist
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opposer of action; adversary
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Antagonist
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visual aspect of production; scenery costumes, lights; "something seen"
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Spectacle
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all other words of a play; footsteps, heartbeat, railroad whistles
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Music
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sounds of words; intelligence/appropriateness of plays speeches; tone, imagery, cadence, articulation
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Diction
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formalization of postplay thinking; writings on drama; production review, essays, theatre journals
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Dramatic Criticism
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person who writes plays
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Playwright
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condition of balance; status quo; would go on forever if something didn't come along
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Stasis
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fight, battle, or struggle of a play;
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Conflict
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worthy of belief; trustworthy
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Credibility
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continual stream of info; saying something, doing something, meaning something
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Flow
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agreement between audience and actor; audience accepts w/o thinking; "when curtain is down, play is over"
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Convention
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dialogue that gives audience background of characters; story of events that have occured before play begins
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Exposition
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editing, eliminating, or consolidating characters, events, or locales
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Economy
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a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
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Aside
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to write, direct, or produce (a play) with the action taking place as if in a specified locale or time
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Stageability
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requires that dialogue be written so that i can be spoken effectively onstage; setting, physical acting, and spoken dialogue are combined
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Speakability
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