Parts of a Play

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Across
  1. 3. the feeling or tone of a performance
  2. 6. action the section of the plot following the climax, in which the tension stemming from the story's central conflict decreases and the story moves toward its conclusion.
  3. 8. a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.
  4. 10. a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
  5. 12. the bad guy in a narrative
  6. 14. when a character cannot achieve an objective due to an obstacle. This obstacle may be internal or external – between characters or between characters and their environment
  7. 16. visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
  8. 18. a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work.
  9. 19. a part of a play defined by elements such as rising action, climax, and resolution.
  10. 20. a raised floor or platform, typically in a theater, on which actors, entertainers, or speakers perform.
  11. 21. the items held or used by actors onstage to make the action more realistic.
Down
  1. 1. action the part of the story after the characters and setting are introduced and where the events of the story begin to create suspense as the character faces conflict.
  2. 2. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company.
  3. 4. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
  4. 5. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
  5. 7. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
  6. 9. the good guy in a narrative
  7. 11. poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
  8. 13. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
  9. 15. refers to an actor using the skills of illusion and acting to recreate either "actual or imagined life"
  10. 17. a person in a novel, play, or movie