english exam Flashcards
The area where actors perform.
Stage
The back wall of the stage which can be painted or lit.
Cyclorama
Short term for properties- objects used by an actor.
Props
A stage picture, held without movement.
Tableau
Audience follows the action on foot, moving from one location to location.
Promenade
Recorded speech played during a drama.
Voiceover
People watching the drama.
Audience
The area for the audience, generally filled with seats.
Auditorium
Door in the floor.
Trapdoor
Attitude or position of the body
Stance
A single lengthy speech, made when no other characters are on stage.
Soliloquy
Audience seated on two sides of the acting area.Audience seated on two sides of the acting area.
Avenue
Deciding where and when actors will move on stage.
Blocking
Specific person in drama
Character
Non-acting area behind the stage
Backstage
Clothes worn by actors for their characters.
Costume
Final rehearsal of a drama with all the theater arts.
Dress Rehearsal
The art and technique of bringing the elements of theatre together to make a play.
Directing
The written text of a play.
Script
A long speech by a single character.
Monologue
Canvas cloth which covers the back of the stage, can be painted.
BackCloth
are the dramatization of Bible stories, especially the life and death of Jesus Christ, in churches as tableaux. These plays were in
vernacular and
Mystery plays
It is composed of forty – eight mystery plays or pageants that retell stories from the creation to the last
judgment.
The York Mystery plays
These plays were
traditionally staged during the feast
day of _____.
Corpus Christi
Who wrote macbet
William Shakespeare
is a type of drama in which the major character undergoes a morally significant struggle that
ends disastrously.
Tragedy
Two main types of Voice of the verb:
Active Voice
Passive Voice
Tells us whether the subject is the doer of the action or
receiving the action.
Voice of the Verb
Subject performs the action
Direct and clear writing style
Formula: Subject + Verb + Object
Active voice
Subject receives the action
Can be useful in specific situations
Formula: Object + Be Verb + Past Participle + (by
Subject)
Passive voice
the arrangement of the parts is
considered as the soul of the play
as it holds the story together
which contains the incidents in
the play, produces tragic effects,
has the most tragic element
(reversals, discoveries).
Plot
is a play primarily written for reading
than to be performed on stage. It started
with the philosophical dialogues of
ancient Greek and Roman philosophers
and writers such as Plato and Socrates.
Closet Drama
Parts of a Play (6)
- plot
- Character
- Thought
- diction
- music
- spectacle.
the idea or theme
that the play focuses
on.
Thought
the mover of the play as
this represents human
behavior that makes the
story go on.
Character
also called as language,
this reveals the
characters, themes, and
ideas. It also establishes
mood and tone.
Diction
comprised of the melody
in the use of sounds and
rhythm in dialogues as
well as melodious
compositions.
Music
the visual element that
deals with the scenes,
costumes, and special
effects.
Spectacle
are helping verbs that express ability, possibility, permission, or necessity
Common modals: can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would
Modal verbs
The attitude or approach of the author
or characters that gives the general
atmosphere created in a story.
Tone
These are hints about events that
will happen later in a narrative.
Writers deliberately “plant” objects
or events and use as an essential
tool for the story to move on.
Foreshadowing
which include figures of
speech, also add flavor and
helps readers determine the
purpose of the author.
literary devices,
can be used to express
recommendation or
strong moral
obligation.
Should and ought to
is a contrast between
what is stated and what is
meant in a literary work.
Irony
Most often used in theater in
which the audience’s
understanding of events or
individuals in a play surpasses
that of its characters.
Dramatic Irony
occurs when contrast appears
between what the reader
expects to happen and what
actually happens in the
narrative.
Situational Irony
A resistance or opposition to a force, influence, or movement, especially a tendency toward a former, and usually outdates political or social order or policy.
It is an expressive action meant to lay opinion.
Reaction
A subject that people discuss or argue about. It is an important topic or problem for debate or discussion.
Issue
types of issue (3)
- Social
- Moral
- Economic
Issue that is being faced by the world economy, as well as regions and countries.
Related to money, resources, and commerce.
Economic Issue
Concerns the internal—your own values, beliefs, feelings, and learnings that are often subjective and concern yourself to discover your own morality. It has the potential to help or harm others.
Involve right and wrong.
Based on values and ethics.
Moral Issue
A group of common problems in present-day society that many people strive to solve.
Affects society as a whole.
Social Issue
It is the emotion or
emotions provoked in the reader.
Mood
