Intro to Drama
Across
- 2. a speech in which an actor usually along on stage, speaks the inner thoughts of his or her character
- 3. conversation between two or more individuals
- 5. directions the information given for the reader to visualize the setting, position of props, impression of characters, etc.
- 7. the person who wrote the play
- 10. how the problem or conflict in a drama is solved
- 12. the methods, incidents, speech, etc., an author uses to reveal the people in the in a piece of literature
- 14. plays intended to be acted out
- 16. a speech which introduces the play
- 17. a summary speech delivered at the end of a play that wraps things up by explaining something
Down
- 1. a long speech made by one of the actors
- 4. the person or force who opposes the main character
- 6. the central or dominant idea in a piece of literature; the lesson we are supposed to figure out
- 8. the central or main character in a piece of literature
- 9. the reason behind a character’s actions
- 11. the pattern of events in a literary work, what happens
- 12. the point of greatest dramatic tension or excitement in a piece of literature
- 13. (also known as blocking) the choices about where the actors stand and how they move on stage
- 15. the act of putting people into groups based on race, religion, nationality, physical appearance, social class, or some other easily identifiable characteristic