Intro to Drama

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