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17 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Acts
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the grouping of scenes
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Climax
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the moment of highest tension
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Conflict
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an event that starts the rising action in which the dramatic tension builds
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Dialogue
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Conversations between characters. A play is composed almost entirely of dialogue.
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Drama
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A story that is intended to be performed for an audience, either on stage or before a camera.
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Exposition
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At the beginning of the play which introduces the characters and setting and presents any necessary background information.
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Falling Action (resolution)
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Comes after the climax, where all the loose ends of the plot are tied up.
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Narrator
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Sets the scenes for the drama and may comment on what happens.
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Plots
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The sequence of related events that happen in the work.
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Props
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Small items of set that help to establish the scene i.e. hairbrush.
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Rising Action
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Series of events that build the dramatic tension.
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Scenery
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The items that are on stage to help create the setting.
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Scenes
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How the action is divided up in the drama. Scene changes whenever setting changes.
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Script
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The form in which dramas are written.
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Stage
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Where a play is performed.
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Stage directions.
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Instructions for the director, actor and stage crew.
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Theatre
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The building where a play is performed and watched.
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