ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Acts and scenes 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: -Just as books are divided into sections and those section are divided into chapters, plays are divided into acts and scenes; again, like books, plays sometimes also include prologues and epilogues.

Detailed explanation-3: -The structuring of the action is commonly described by the following terms: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement.

Detailed explanation-4: -A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. The 20-40 minute play has emerged as a popular subgenre of the one-act play, especially in writing competitions.