PLAY/DRAMA - a literary work written for the theater that dramatizes events through the performance of dialogue and stage directions, MOOD - the atmosphere of a piece and the overall feeling it conveys to the reader., TONE - tone is an author's attitude toward their subject matter., THEME - Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work., STAGE DIRECTIONS - instructions in the script of a play that tell actors how to enter, where to stand, when to move, and so on., PLOT - THE ORDER OF EVENTS IN A STORY, CHARACTER MOTIVATION - will influence the events in a plot and how the conflict is resolved, PROTAGONIST - The main character of the story that the events will revolve around primarily., ANTANGONIST - A character who opposes the protagonist in some way., SCRIPT - THE WRITTEN FORM OF A PLAY, ACT - a major division in the drama and will correspond with elements of plot such as rising action, climax, falling action, etc, SETTING - WHERE THE STORYTAKES PLACE. ALSO HELPS TO SET THE TONE, FLASHBACK - an author can take the reader out of the present story and jump into an earlier time period in a character’s life., FORESHADOWING - The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur., CONFLICT - THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN 2 OPPOSING FORCES, DIALOGUE - conversation between characters, PLAYWRIGHT - THE AUTHOR OR WRITER OF PLAYS, CHARACTER ANALYSIS - DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER, PERSONALITY, MOTIVATION, AND ACTIONS,

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