LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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the playwriter.
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the play author.
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the playwright.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A playwright is someone who writes plays. Playwrights are also known as dramatists. Just as a poet writes poems, a playwright writes plays. If the spelling of playwright looks odd, that’s because wright is a word for a craftsperson or someone who builds things (like a shipwright builds ships).
Detailed explanation-2: -Also Called. Dramatist. Playwrights are writers who specialize in telling stories for the stage.
Detailed explanation-3: -A dramatist, or playwright, is a person who writes plays. Tennessee Williams, who wrote “The Glass Menagerie, ” is an example of a famous American dramatist. Using the noun dramatist is actually a pretty dramatic way to refer to a playwright.
Detailed explanation-4: -countable noun. A playwright is a person who writes plays. Synonyms: dramatist, scriptwriter, tragedian, dramaturge More Synonyms of playwright. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Detailed explanation-5: -author. dramatist. librettist. scenarist. tragedian. writer. dramaturge. dramaturgist. More items