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Playwriting Vocab

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CHARACTER   show
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DIALOGUE   show
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show Obstacles that get in the way of a character achieving what he or she wants. What the characters struggle against.  
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SCENE   show
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STAGE DIRECTIONS   show
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SETTING   show
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show A character’s life story that a playwright creates.  
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MONOLOGUE   show
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show An explanation of what the characters are trying to do.  
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show A smaller section of a scene, divided where a shift in emotion or topic occurs.  
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show The structure of a play, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement.  
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EXPOSITION   show
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RISING ACTION   show
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CLIMAX   show
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show The series of events following the climax of a plot.  
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DENOUEMENT   show
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show The event that MUST happen in order for the plot to move forward; introduces the conflict, begins the protagonist’s journey towards solving that conflict  
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