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Read the definition, and choose the theatrical vocabulary word that it defines.
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Literary setting that revealing the
where, when, who,
and
why
, ideally shown through action
Theme
Exposition
Dramatic irony
Dialogue
2
When the audience knows something that the characters on stage do not
Dramatic irony
Denouement
Theme
Dialogue
3
The lesson or principle taught by the play
Plot
Mood
Theme
Moral
4
Speech by one character alone on the stage, revealing her thoughts and feelings to the audience
Epilogue
Monologue
Soliloquy
Prologue
5
The environment of the play, created by staging and lighting
Aside
Atmosphere
Plot
Moral
6
Speech addressed to the audience at the beginning of the play
Monologue
Prologue
Epilogue
Dialogue
7
The main character of the play.
Denouement
Exposition
Antagonist
Protagonist
8
Progression of events in a literary work
Plot
Denouement
Epilogue
Moral
9
Line spoken directly to the audience that the other characters on stage do not hear
Proscenium arch
Theme
Moral
Aside
10
The emotional feeling of the play
Moral
Mood
Preliminary situation
Exposition
11
An observation of life that is the controlling idea in a literary work
Mood
Plot
Aside
Theme
12
A speech by one character, in the presence of other characters on stage
Soliloquy
Monologue
Dialogue
Prologue
13
The resolution of the play, untangling the complications in the plot
Dialogue
Moral
Dramatic irony
Denouement
14
The arch that frames the stage to create a separation between the audience and the actors
Protagonist
Preliminary situation
Proscenium
Prologue
15
The struggle of two opposing forces, between a person and others, or nature, society, or fate
Denouement
Conflict
Antagonist
Mood
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Drama that gives the audience catharsis; protagonist has a flaw that leads to downfall
Preliminary situation
Exposition
Soliloquy
Tragedy
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Clearly defined explanation of events that have occurred before the action of the play begins
Preliminary situation
Theme
Proscenium arch
Dramatic irony
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Speech addressed to audience at the end of the play
Prologue
Dialogue
Epilogue
Monologue
19
The time and place of a narrative
Conflict
Moral
Plot
Setting
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Person or force opposing the protagonist
Conflict
Atmosphere
Protagonist
Antagonist
