What is societal context?

Background /circumstances of settings or time periods

What is an explicit theme?

The theme that is directly stated in a literary work or play

Written version of speech/actions of performers

What is a universal theme?

An idea that speaks to common human experience

What are dramatic conventions?

Set of rules used in a play for dramatic effect for audience

Lines spoken between characters

Central or universal idea of a piece of literature or play

What is the implicit theme?

Author's ability to create meaning in story thru inferences

What are stage directions?

Descriptions or comments that provide information to actors

What is the playwright?

The author of the play or drama

A speech given by a single character above or to others.

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English I Drama Circle Vocabulary Review

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1
What is societal context?
Lines spoken between characters
Central or universal idea of a piece of literature or play
Background /circumstances of settings or time periods
Set of rules used in a play for dramatic effect for audience
2
What is an explicit theme?
Descriptions or comments that provide information to actors
Author's ability to create meaning in story thru inferences
An idea that speaks to common human experience
The theme that is directly stated in a literary work or play
3
What is a script?
A speech given by a single character alone or to others
A division within the play
Written version of speech/actions of performers
The author of the play or drama
4
What is a universal theme?
Author's ability to create meaning in story thru inferences
The theme that is directly stated in a literary work or play
Descriptions or comments that provide information to actors
An idea that speaks to common human experience
5
What are dramatic conventions?
Central or universal idea of a piece of literature or play
Lines spoken between characters
Set of rules used in a play for dramatic effect for audience
Background /circumstances of settings or time periods
6
The objects and elements of a stage play or movie set
Soliloquy
Props
Dialect
Irony
7
When a character gives a speech when they are alone on stage or as if they were alone
Irony
Prop
Dialect
Soliloquy
8
What is an Act or a Scene?
The author of the play or drama
A division within the play
Written version of speech/actions of performers
A speech given by a single character alone or to others
9
What is dialogue?
Set of rules used in a play for dramatic effect for audience
Central or universal idea of a piece of literature or play
Background /circumstances of settings or time periods
Lines spoken between characters
10
When a character says the opposite of what they mean
Prop
Dialect
Soliloquy
Irony
11
What is the theme?
Set of rules used in a play for dramatic effect for audience
Central or universal idea of a piece of literature or play
Lines spoken between characters
Background /circumstances of settings or time periods
12
When a character uses a version of language representing a particular region or group of people
Prop
Irony
Soliloquy
Dialect
13
What is the implicit theme?
Author's ability to create meaning in story thru inferences
Descriptions or comments that provide information to actors
An idea that speaks to common human experience
The theme that is directly stated in a literary work or play
14
If we know the play in 1942 during World War II that is an example of:
Playwright
Script
Societal Context
Theme
15
What are stage directions?
An idea that speaks to common human experience
Descriptions or comments that provide information to actors
The theme that is directly stated in a literary work or play
Author's ability to create meaning in story thru inferences
16
What is the playwright?
The division within the play.
The author of the play or drama
A speech given by a single character, alone or to others
Written version of speech/actions of performers
17
What is a monologue?
A speech given by a single character above or to others.
The author of the play or drama
Written version of speech/actions of performers
A division within the play

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