LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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The main sections of a drama
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Time and location the drama takes place
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Words spoken by the cast or the narrator
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -An act is a part of a play defined by elements such as rising action, climax, and resolution. A scene normally represents actions happening in one place at one time, and is marked off from the next scene by a curtain, a black-out, or a brief emptying of the stage.
Detailed explanation-2: -Each act is a major section of the play. Acts might be just ten minutes long, or they might be over an hour long. Shakespeare usually wrote his plays in five acts, and each act builds on the ones before it to advance the story.
Detailed explanation-3: -A story that is performed for an audience – also known as a play. Full-length dramas are divided into shorter sections called acts.
Detailed explanation-4: -Act: A major division in a play. An act can be sub-divided into scenes. (See scene). Greek plays were not divided into acts. The five act structure was originally introduced in Roman times and became the convention in Shakespeare’s period.
Detailed explanation-5: -climax: the point of greatest intensity in a series or progression of events in a play, often forming the turning point of the plot and leading to some kind of resolution.