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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is DRAMATIC STRUCTURE?
Aristotle's poems about plays and performance
Aristotle's idea that stories can be broken into elements
A theory about Aristotle's plays and how they were written
- 2. Multiple Choice
Gustav Freytag's Pyramid is a dramatic structural framework that
has two halves and a middle point.
has two opposing parts.
has five sections.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The five structural elements in Freytag's Pyramid are divided into
play and counterplay.
rising action and catastrophe.
three distinct acts and scenes.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are elements of Freytag's Triangle? (Mark all the appropriate options)
Introduction
Climax
Falling Action
Catastrofe
- 5. Multiple Choice
Freytag's Pyramid originally theorizes that the first structural element - called the introduction - contains which of the following options? (Choose 2 options)
Exposition
Exciting Force
Setting
- 6. Multiple Choice
Freytag's introduction serves the purpose of (choose 2)
introducing principal characters.
introducing the setting.
introducing the Rising Movement.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are part of Freytag's original Plot Pyramid Diagram?
Introduction
Exposition
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
- 8. Multiple Choice
For the INTRODUCTION, the author of the article states that EXPOSITION is
a set of scenes in which no major changes occur and serves to introduce the main characters and setting.
a series of scenes in which we are acquainted with the STATUS QUO and time and place of the action.
a set of scenes in which no major changes take place and which purpose is to introduce the protagonists and the conflict.
- 9. Fill in the Blank
The __________ __________ is what propels the protagonist and story into motion.
- 10. Multiple Choice
RISING MOVEMENT is nowadays more commonly referred to as
RISING ACTION.
CONFLICT.
FALLING ACTION.
THEME.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What takes places during the RISING MOVEMENT/ACTION? (Choose two)
Characters that haven't been introduced, are introduced.
Conflicts and themes are explained.
The story builds towards the climax.
The antagonists backstory is explained.
- 12. Multiple Choice
In a COMEDY, the CLIMAX represents the point in which
the story starts going awry for the protagonist.
the story beings being graceful with the protagonist.
the story signals a major change for the antagonist.
the story turns from play to counterplay.
- 13. Multiple Choice
In a TRAGEDY (story were things have been going well), the CLIMAX represents the point in which
the story starts going awry for the protagonist.
the story beings being graceful with the protagonist.
the story signals a major change for the antagonist.
the story turns from play to counterplay.
- 14. Multiple Choice
According to Freytag, the FALLING ACTIONS is meant to prepare the audience for the final action or scene, and also that it signals how the action falls away from the CLIMAX.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
For the final stage of the plot diagram structure, or dramatic structure, Freytag used the term CATASTROPHE because he was mostly involved with
tragedy and not comedy.
comedy and not tragedy.
- 16. Fill in the Blank
Freytag's Plot Diagram, or Pyramid, is a __________ part dramatic structure.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which two modern dramatic structures are mentioned in the article?
Story Grid
Save the Cat!
Outlining
Free Form
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