What is Drama? Study Guide

A character’s lines must be written according to all of the following except _____

The main character, the protagonist does not have to be the “good guy”

The word drama comes from the Greek word meaning ______

The playwright’s focus is to get the audience to feel compassion for the protagonist is called?

The Ancient Greek storyteller, __________ often told violent and vivid stories

___ creates plot development from the original conflict, called this adding knots to the story

Characters must be able to hold the audience’s __________

The Greek philosopher, ___________ in the Poetics identified the key elements in a drama.

When a character disagrees with accepted laws, values, and beliefs

According to the Greek philosopher all dramas must have ________

All of the following are key elements of a drama except ________

All of the following are narrative essentials except __________

During the festival of _________ the Greeks would hold choral presentation and play competition

A character’s dialogue can help to create the play’s ______ as well as develop characterization

Theatrical spectacle consists of all of the following

A character must overcome his own thoughts or make a choice between two or more paths

The theme of a play/movie is never left to the audiences interpretation

Some plays have no moral

The accent, inflection, intonation an speech quality is called ______

_____ is the solution to the play’s conflict, it comes from the French “untying the knot”.

When a person is getting ready to perform they say _______

When writing a play the exposition must have characters, setting and ________?

What does sound do for a production?

All are considered the earliest developers of drama except

A playwright develops characters mostly through their_______