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14 Cards in this Set
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The term _______ refers to an agreement between the production personnel and the audience; they are often so much a part of our experience that we don’t think about them.
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convention
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_______ is a kind of comedy that emphasizes broad physical action and slapstick humor.
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farce
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Tragedy is traditionally associated with kings and queens; however, in the 20th century, American writer _________ wrote an influential essay titled 'Tragedy and the Common Man" which advocated for serious plays about ordinary people.
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Arthur Miller
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_______ is a powerful tool for encouraging emotional identification; it can increase suspense, excitement, sadness, and happiness.
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music
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Chapter Four has many production photographs – take a look at them! Which play is described in the photo caption as a drama that “challenges human ethical choices in disturbing ways as an enterprising madame tries to profit on the wages of war and her women struggle to survive in the midst of violence and rebellion”?
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ruined
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One way to understand character in a play is to consider five levels of characterization:
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biological traits b. physical traits c. ethical traits e. psychological traits g. social traits |
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The term ___________ refers to any production or play that self-consciously comments on the play as taking place in a theatre, for example a “play within a play.”
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metatheatre
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exposition
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information that is needed to understand the play
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point of attack
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the point in the story at which the playwright chooses to start dramatizing the action
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climax
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the emotional high point of the play’s action
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falling action
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events from the play’s climax to the end of the play
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inciting incident
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an event that sets off the major conflict of the play
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The six elements of drama identified by Greek philosopher Aristotle are:
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character b. music e. spectacle f. thought g. plot h. language |
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In a _________ plot, the events of the play progress forward and sequentially.
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linear plot
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