Exam 6: The Art of Playwriting

This story is an example of...

A short description of how a line of dialogue is to be performed is a __________.

What structural part of the story does (4)indicate?

A line of dialogue has two levels: what the character says (the text)and what the character consciously or subconsciously means.This second level is called...

Who is the protagonist of this story?

Can plays make good screenplays? Can the opposite be true? Why,or why not?

What structural part of the story does (1)indicate?

A statement about life,or a central idea,or a moral describes what aspect of a play?

What structural part of the story does (8)indicate?

Which type of union requires membership? (For example,the WGA)

What structural part of the story does (3)indicate?

What structural part of the story does (2)indicate?

What structural part of the story does (5)indicate?

Exposition,sometimes called ____________,lets the audience in on what happened to the characters before the play began and what happens between the scenes and offstage.

Some people would say that there are no new stories to be told.Everything is a variation on a familiar theme.What do you think about that critique? If it is true,what becomes the interest for us as an audience to see the next play or attend the opening of the next film?

What structural part of the story does (7)indicate?

What structural part of the story does (6)indicate?