Unit 2 study guide play Flashcards
play
engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather then a serious or practical purpose
script
handwriting as distinct from print
Playwright
a person who writes plays
Metatheatricality
reflecting comedy and tragedy, at the same time, where the audience can laugh
Thornton Wilder
American play writer who wrote our town
Characterization
the creation or construction of fictional character
Comedy
a movie play, or broadcast program intended to make an audience laugh
Tragedy
an even causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as serious accident
William Gibson
American speculative fiction writer
Hellen Keller
A blind and def women who wrote books for kids
Annie Sullivan
A women in the miracle worker helps Hellen with her disability
ASL
American Sign language
The six elements of tragedy
plot,character,diction,thought
spectacle and song
William Shakespeare
Wrote Julius Caesar
Archetype
a very typical example of a certain person or thing
julius ceaser
A play written by William Shakespeare
The Ides of March
The 74th day in Roman calendar, corresponding to March 15th
Soliloquy
a part of a play involving a soliloquy
genre
A category of artistic composition
short story
a story with a fully developed theme but shorter story
symbolism
something that reassembles something or someone
unreliable narrator
A portrait of the narrator that is shared between the author and the reader
mood
the feelings of the story
foreshadowing
warning or indication
