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- 1. Multiple ChoiceA major division in of a play is called...ArcSectionActScene
- 2. Multiple ChoiceFigures who undertake the action of a plot. There are major, minor, dynamic, static, and other types of...directorsettingsymbolcharacters
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWords spoken to the audience by a character in a drama that are not supposed to be heard by the other characters on stage is called:cold readingforeshadowingasidedialogue
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThis is the point at which the conflict explodes; it is the moment of maximum tension.explositionclimaxresolutioncue
- 5. Multiple ChoiceSpoken interchange between two or more characters.actionsoliloquydialoguemonologue
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA play written in prose or verse that tells a story through dialogue and actions performed by actors impersonating characters of a story.dramaactscenedramaturg
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA scene that occurred before the present time in a story that provides information about what is currently happening in the play is called...foreshadowingflashbackimprovisationplot
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHints, delivered through the characters' lines and/or actions, of events to come that help create an air of suspense in the play.flashbackforeshadowingmonologuedialogue
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA speech or portion of a play in which only one character speaks; these are a chance to hear a character's uninterrupted thoughts.dialoguemonologueforeshadowingflashback
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe feeling a reader gets from the work of literature of a story's atmosphere is called the...moodtone
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe sequence of events that takes place in a story is called this. It typically follows the following pattern: exposition, rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, conclusion/resolution.obstacleobjectivemotivationplot
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThis is a smaller piece of a play or the physical surrounding or locale where the play is set.sceneplotactconflict
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThis is the particular time and place where the play is set. It defines the specific social, historical, economic and political world of the play.scenesettingsidesenvironment.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThis is a speech delivered by one character while alone on the stage.monologuedialoguesoliloquy
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThis is the playwright's attitude toward the characters and situations in the script.MoodTone
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThis is information included in the script by the playwright which provides: physical description of characters; psychological descriptions of characters; actions on stages; descriptions of setting to help build set.symbolstage directionssubtexttheme
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThis is the play's central idea or its underlying message.ToneMoodThemeSymbol
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