THR 315-2D -- ADVANCED PLAYWRITING -- Shackleford
"Mid-Terms" (get it?)       ¦        return to the index
  • Three essential archetypes of conflict
  • Protagonist
  • Antagonist
  • Obstacle
  • Central Dramatic Question (CDQ)
  • Objective (aka Goal)
  • Complication
  • Inciting Incident
  • Climax
  • Catharsis
  • Dénouement
  • Convention
  • Fourth Wall
  • Exposition
  • Monologue
  • Soliloquy
  • Presentational
  • Representational
  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Juxtaposition
  • Irony
  • Satire
  • The Well-Made Play
  • Realism
  • Naturalism
  • Modernism
  • Post-modernism
  • Theatrical vs Cinematic
  • Unities
  • Concinnity
 RESOURCES

Why guess when you can LOOK IT UP?
Merriam-Webster Online
PowerPoint slideshows
The excellent WikiPedia article about "The Well-Made Play"
A very helpful website about Aristotle's concept of the THREE UNITIES



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