Across
- 2. inciting event, grabs attention of audience
- 6. a conversation between two or more characters
- 8. the people in a play
- 10. introduces characters, setting, & background of plot
- 12. Directions directions for the actors, director, and tech crew; usually in italics and surrounded by parentheses
- 13. Action series of events in which tension rises as plot approaches the climax
- 15. Action series of events in which tension is released in plot
Down
- 1. an extended speech by one character
- 3. a slanted stage
- 4. a series of related events in a story
- 5. the written version of a play
- 6. a story that is intended to be performed
- 7. the large divisions of a play; made up of multiple scenes
- 9. the wrapping up of loose ends in the plot
- 11. the small divisions of a play; events occur at the same place and time
- 14. point of highest tension or excitement in plot