Literature Home Work

Act one of the main sections of a play or other performance 

Scene may be defined a subdivision of an act.

Exposition is the part of a book that sets the stage for the drama to follow it also introduces the themes, settings, characters, and circumstances at the story’s beginnings.

Conflict may be defined as the problem or struggle on which the story is based.

Complication is the event or character whose introduction into a story which causes difficulties.

Climax is the highest point of the narrative.

Denouement is the solution or unraveling of the plot in a play or story

Peripeteia is the sudden reversal of fortune in a story, play or any narrative in which there is an observable change in direction. 

Characterization is the process of depicting characters and personality in a narrative so that the characters seem real.

Protagonist is the main and most important character in a novel, play, story or other literary work.

Antagonist is a character, group of characters, or an institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend.

Main Plot may be defined as a story is basically what happens and the main problem

Sub Plot is a secondary plot strand that is a supporting side story for the main plot.

Comedy a funny play, flim or TV show that has a happy ending.

History is a play which is based on historical events.

 Tragedy is a serious play with a sad ending.

Romance is a frictional narrative dealing with exciting and extravagant adventures or romantic setting. 

Tragicomedy is fictional work that blends in with the genres of tragedy and comedy.

Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical style originating in France in the late 1940's. It relies heavily on existential philosophy, and is a category for plays of absurdist fiction.

Satire may be defined as the experience vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement.

Modern Drama speaks loudly and lucidly to multiple parties and can articulate struggle and redemption in a matter that makes it understandable to all in the modern society.

Melodrama refers to a dramatic work which exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions.

Monologue is when the character may be speaking his or her thoughts aloud, directly addressing another character, or speaking to the audience, especially the former.

Dialogue is a literary and theatrical form consisting of a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people.

Soliloquy is a device used in drama It is the process where a character relates his or her thoughts and feelings to him/herself and to the audience without addressing any of the other characters, and is delivered often when they are alone or think they are alone. 

Aside is a line spoken by an actor that the other characters on stage supposedly cannot hear.

Set is the place or area where the actors perform when a scene is being shot.

Stage Directions are the directions given to the actors by the director. They involve physical movement by the actors on stage.

Stage Conventions deal with the engineering products tied to the story and how those ties affect the audience's response eg. costume, lighting, sound effects, stage position, backdrops and props.

Chorus is a homogenous, non-individualized group of performers, often in the plays of classical Greece, who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action of the play or narrative.

Dramatic Unities may be defined as the three unities of time, place and action observed in classical drama.

Disguise is to change the appearance of one’s self so as to conceal identity or to mislead, as by means of deception.

Literary Devices

Imagery  is a descriptive language  that evoke sensory experiences.

Motif is any reoccurring element that has symbolic significance in a story. 

Symbolism may be defined as the artistic method of revealing ideas or truths through the use of symbols.

Dramatic Irony may be defined as an irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.  

Tragic Irony are words and actions used by the characters of a play to contradict the real situation, which the spectators fully realize.  

Juxtaposition two objects           or texts that oppose to one another.

Social Context the identical or similar social levels and social roles as a whole that influence the individuals of a group interacts.

Historical Context reflects the time in which something takes place or was created and how it influences, how you interpret it.

Political Context reflects the environment in which something is produced indicating it's purpose or agenda

Religious Context this reflects the belief of someone what a person believes in.

Ethnic Context reflects the characteristics of people or a group, sharing common and distinctive culture, religion or language.

Moral Context is concerned with the judgment of the goodness or badness of human action and character.

Intellectual Context This deals with the mental process, educational background and behavior of an individual.

Cultural Context the way in which the person was raised or how she/she grew up.