1. Play and literary terms for

2. Act, Scene An act is a major division in a play.
A scene takes place in a certain location.

3. Protagonist
The “good guy”/ the main character

4. Antagonist
The “bad guy”/ character or force in conflict with the main character

5. Characterization
The act of creating or developing a character

6. Flat character one side or one characteristic
A character that only shows
one side or one characteristic
of his or her personality.
EX >
Round character
A character who shows multiple characteristics of his or her personality.
 EX

7. Develops and grows throughout the course of the story
Dynamic character
Develops and grows throughout the course of the story

8. a character that does not change
Static character
a character that does not change

9. Dramatic foil
A character that highlights or emphasizes opposing traits in another character

10. A contradiction between what a character knows and the reader knows
Dramatic irony
A contradiction between what a character knows and the reader knows

11. Dialogue
Conversation between characters to reveal character and advance the action.

12. Struggle between opposing forces.
Conflict
Struggle between opposing forces.

13. torn between different
Internal Conflict
exists within the mind
of a character who is
torn between different
courses of action.
Ex: Man v. himself

14. External Conflict
a character struggles against some outside force, such as another character, nature, society, or fate. Man vs. Man Man vs. Nature Man vs. Society

15. Present action is interrupted in order to witness past events
Flashback
Present action is interrupted in order to witness past events

16. Foreshadow
Clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

17. Motivation
Why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves in a certain way Personality +situation=motivation

18. Point of view First person= 1, me , my, myself, we, us
Third person and third person omniscient = him, her, his, hers, them, they

19. Symbol
Anything that stands for or represents something else. It can represent abstract ideas

20. Theme
Central message or insight into life or a generalization about people or about life

21. Time and place of the story
Setting
Time and place of the story

22. Primary Source Secondary Source An actual literary work
or historical document ->
Secondary Source
<- Material written about a primary source

23. Stage directions
How the work is to be performed. They are in italics and are not spoken aloud!