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12th Grade
09/17/2012

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act
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Subdivision between sections of a play
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action
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the process or state of acting or of being active
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antagonist
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the who opposes the hero or protagonist
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aside
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Lines spoken by an actor to the audience and not supposed to be overheard by other characters on-stage
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comedy
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a medieval narrative that ends happily
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comedy of manners
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comedy that satirically portrays the manners and fashions of a particular class or set
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comic relief
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A comic scene (or line) included in an otherwise straight-faced play to provide a relief from tension for the audience
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confidante
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a woman to whom secrets are confined or with whom private matters and problems are discussed
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conflict
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the opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action in a drama or fiction
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external conflict
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a character struggling with an outside force or with someone else
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internal conflict
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a character struggling with him/herself or trying to escape a state of mind
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dialect
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a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language
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dialogue
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The spoken text of a play - conversations between characters is dialogue
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epilogue
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Scene or speech which follows the main action of the play and provides some insight or comment on the action
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epiphany
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an appearance or manifestation especially of a divine being
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farce
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Form of comedy play originated in France, using fast-paced physical action and visual comedy more than humour based on language
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foil
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preventing the enemy from attaining an end
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genre
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A style of performance - a way of categorising different types of drama
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hubris
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exaggerated pride or self-confidence
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melodrama
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A Melodrama is a dramatic work that exaggerates plot and/or characters in order to appeal to the emotions
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mise-en-scene
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the arrangement of actors and scenery on a stage for a theatrical production
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monologue
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A speech within a play delivered by a single actor alone on stage
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myth
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A traditional story, which may define how a particular civilisation came into being, or a tale with a clearly defined moral code designed for social education
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plot
Definition
the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story
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exposition
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The section of plot at the start of a play which provides essential background information about the characters, their situation, and their relationships to each other
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rising action
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a collection of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the climax
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climax
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the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action
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falling action
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the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
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resolution/ denouement
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The point during a drama when the plotline reaches a conclusion, and conflict is resolved
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prologue
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Short scene or speech before the main action of the play to put it into context or set the scene
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protagonist
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the leading hero in a play who has to fight the antagonist
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ritual
Definition
of or relating to rites or a ritual
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scene
Definition
a subdivision of a play
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soliloquy
Definition
Lines delivered by an actor on stage as if to her/himself
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stock character
Definition
a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer
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subplot
Definition
a subordinate plot in fiction or drama
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tragedy
Definition
a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing
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tragicomedy
Definition
a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing
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