Unit 5 Vocabulary

An instruction written into the script of a play.

Subdivisions of a play. Continous actions happen here.

Tools used to develop and support a central idea or argument in a text.

Conversation between two or more people

An exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances

A person who writes plays.

Passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience, but unheard by the other characters in the play.

The tools a writer uses to develop and support a central idea or argument in a text.

Make up and distingush an individual's portrayal of a values, attitudes, intentions, and actions.

A major division of a play.

The writer's intent for writing the play

The way a speaker uses language differently in different circumstances.

Adverbs that connect 2 independent clauses. Ex: She went to the store; however, she didn't buy anything."

The picture gradually appears on the screen.

The act of presenting a play on the stage.

 A swiveling movement of the camera from one side to another.

The picture gradually disappears until all that remains is a blank screen.

Punctuation mark that indicates a pause more pronounced than a comma.