English Voccab

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Playwright

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a writer who are makes plays.

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Play

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written to be performed by actors on the stage before an audience.

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Drama

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performance in the theater, actors take on roles, perform actions, speak dialogue written a script.

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Script

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text of many plays.

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Closet dramas

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written to be read than performed.

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One-act play

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entire play takes palce in a single location and unfolds in one action.

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Scenes

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when location changes or a new character enters.

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Conventions

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understood and accepted by audiences, familiar techniques.

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Setting

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single location.

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Suspense

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anxious uncertainty about what will happen next.

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Exposition

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provides the necessary back ground information about the characters and their circumstances.

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Conflict

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the struggle within the plot between opposing forces. The protagonist engages in the conflict with the antagonist which may take the form of a character, society, nature, or an aspect of the protagonist's personality.

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Plot

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author's arrangement of incidents in the play that gives the story a particular focus.

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Subplot

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secondary action that reinforces, or contracts the main plot.

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Protagonist

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central character.