| What is the preliminary event? | The events that take place before the action of the play that is directly related to the play |
| What is the initial incident? | The event that gets the story going |
| What is the rising action? | A series of events following the initial incident and leading up to the dramatic climax |
| What is the climax? | The turning point or high point of a story, when events can go either way |
| What is the falling action? | The series of events following the climax |
| What is denouement? | French word meaning “unraveling;” another term for conclusion |
| What is the difference between drama and fiction? | In fiction, there is no preliminary event, initial incident, or denouement |
| What are the similarities between fiction and drama? | Rising action, falling action, and climax |
| What is soliloquy? | A speech by a single actor who is ALONE on stage- thinking out loud |
| What is style? | Shaping of dramatic material, setting, or costumes in a deliberately non-realistic manner |
| What is vocal expression? | How an actor uses his or her voice to convey character |
| What is inflection? | Change in pitch or loudness of the voice |
| What is speaking style? | The mode of expression or delivery of lines |
| What is diction? | Selection and pronunciation of words; clarity of speech |
| What is a document including dialogue, characters, acts, and scenes? | a script |
| What is the main idea of a story? | The theme |
| Who is the writer of a play? | A playwright |
| What is the structure where the play is performed? | The set |
| What are the techniques and methods by directors and playwrights? | Convection |
| The acts are divided into… | scenes |
| What are the large sections of a play? | Acts |
| What are the actors guides to movement an language? | Stage Directions |
| Who are the group of people who watch the play? | Audience |
| Who are the actors in the play? | Characters |
| Who is William Shakespeare? | A man who was baptized at Stanford- upon-Avon in April 26, 1616; his work and church records part of kings men and given a royal silence. |
| What was the Globe Theater used for? | Summer performances |
| What was the Black-friars Theater used for? | Winter performances |
| How many plays did Shakespeare write? | 38 |
| How many Sonnets? | 154 |
| In what year was his first folio written? | 1623 |
| What were his tragedies like? | A person brought down |
| What were his comedies like? | Love and hot politics? |
| What were his Histories like? | Real people and English kings |
| What were his romances like? | humor, dramatic, and action |
| What is a verse? | writing arranged with rhythm typically having rhyme |
| What are prose? | written or spoken language in its ordinary form without metrical stance |
| What is iambic pentameter? | syllables in a unstressed stressed and in Dee-dum pattern |
| What is an aside? | A short comment by an actor to the audience or other characters; not meant to be overheard |
| What is a monologue? | a long unintended speech given by a character |
| What is soliloquy? | A speech in which a character gives private thought to the audience |
| What was the name of the fairy like creature in The Tempest and what his job? | Ariel and he was Prospero’s slave |
| Who was Miranda in love with? | Ferdinand |
| Who was the boy who worked for Prospero and who were the two drunkards he met? | Caliban; Stefano and Trinculo |
| What was the storyline of The Tempest? | A boat sinks and everyone is stranded on an island. There are the bad guys who want to kill the good guys so they are devising a plan so that they can become king. Meanwhile Miranda falls in love with Ferdinand. Prospero and Ariel are messing with everybody. Then Caliban Trinculo and Stefano are trying to kill Prospero |
Literature (Play Terms, The Tempest, Shakespeare)
July 21, 2019