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Playwriting Terms Review

Match each description with the basic playwriting vocabulary term.

  1. Large division of a play into a series of actions
    1. Character
    2. Act
    3. Chapter
    4. Article

    Answer: b. Act


  2. The person who opposes or competes with the protagonist
    1. Protagonist
    2. Antagonist
    3. Antigone
    4. Thespian

    Answer: b. Antagonist


  3. Emotional cleansing by the protagonist and audience
    1. Conflict
    2. Clearing the Air
    3. Cataracts
    4. Catharsis

    Answer: d. Catharsis


  4. A person or being in a literary work
    1. Character
    2. Caricature
    3. Catharsis
    4. Thespian

    Answer: a. Character


  5. Struggle between opposing forces
    1. Catharsis
    2. Dialogue
    3. Conflict
    4. Scene

    Answer: c. Conflict


  6. The final resolution of a plot
    1. Closing
    2. Denouement
    3. Denouncement
    4. Ending

    Answer: b. Denouement


  7. Spoken exchange between 2 or more characters
    1. Dynamics
    2. Dramatis Personae
    3. Dialogue
    4. Diatribe

    Answer: c. Dialogue


  8. A list of the characters in a play
    1. Dramatis Personae
    2. Dramatic Persons
    3. Cast of Characters
    4. Character Bios

    Answer: a. Dramatis Personae


  9. A character who changes over time
    1. Dynamic Character
    2. Flat Character
    3. Round Character
    4. Static Character

    Answer: a. Dynamic Character


  10. A character with one kind of personality trait
    1. Flat Character
    2. Round Character
    3. Static Character
    4. Dynamic Character

    Answer: a. Flat Character


  11. A fictional barrier between the actors and the audience
    1. Second Wall
    2. Fifth Wall
    3. Third Wall
    4. Fourth Wall

    Answer: d. Fourth Wall


  12. The main character
    1. Antagonist
    2. Protagonist
    3. Antigone
    4. Thespian

    Answer: b. Protagonist


  13. A character with a complex personality
    1. Static Character
    2. Flat Character
    3. Round Character
    4. Dynamic Character

    Answer: c. Round Character


  14. Individual actions that takes place in a specific and single setting
    1. Drama
    2. Staging
    3. Act
    4. Scene

    Answer: d. Scene


  15. The process of putting a script on the stage
    1. Rendering
    2. Blocking
    3. Set Dressing
    4. Staging

    Answer: d. Staging

Great job! You now understand the vocabulary needed to be a playwright! Are you ready to put this new knowledge to use?


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