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CREATIVE

WRITING
REVIEW
Directions: Complete
the following
statements by writing
the appropriate
word/s.
REVIEW
1. _________ is a collective term
for literary narratives that
portray imaginary people
caught in imaginary situations
usually read for pleasure and
intended to expand or refine
life and quicken the senses.
REVIEW
2. Literature is divided
into two functions:
__________ and
__________.
REVIEW
3. Literature is divided into two
types. __________ is ordinary
language that follows
grammatical conventions and
does not contain a formal
metrical structure while
__________ contains lines and
REVIEW
4. ____________ is a record
of your incidents,
experiences, and ideas to
express your feelings on a
particular situation or
current event.
REVIEW
5. There are four elements
that make up fiction which are
interrelated to make up a
cohesive story, they are
__________, __________,
__________, and __________.
DRAMA
DRAMA
- comes from the Greek verb
dran which means “to do”,
-The earliest known plays were
written around the fifth
century B.C. produced for
festivals to honor Dionysus,
the god of wine and fertility
DRAMA
- also known as a play, is a
form of literature written
intentionally for theatrical
performance.
ELEMENTS OF
DRAMA
PLOT
- referring to the basic
storyline of the play, is
the structure of a play
which tells what
happens as the story
goes.
PLOT
 The exposition is simply
an introductory part that
provides the background
information needed to
properly understand the
story.
PLOT

 The inciting
incident, or conflict, is
the event that sets the
action of the play in
motion. It is what gets
PLOT
 The rising action is a
series of events, including
complications and
discoveries, which follow
the inciting incident and
create the dramatic climax
PLOT

 The climax is the


turning point, or the
peak, of a plot that holds
the utmost emotional
intensity of the play.
PLOT

 The falling action is a


series of events
following the climax that
leads to the solution of
the conflicts.
PLOT
 The denouement serves
as the conclusion of the
plot in which the conflicts
are unraveled. It is the
ending scene of the drama.
Character

- are the people, or


sometimes animals, the
subject that is portrayed
by the actors and
actresses in the play
Character

1. Protagonist- main
character
2.Antagonist- opposes
the protagonist
3. secondary
SETTING
-can be presented
through the visual
element deals with
the scenes, costumes,
and special effects
SETTING
-can be presented
through the visual
element deals with
the scenes, costumes,
and special effects
THEME

- refers to the
message that is
intended to be
expressed through the
story
GENRE
-is the type of play
-tragedy, comedy,
romantic, mystery,
and historical play
AUDIENCE
-is a group of people who
watch the play. The
audience can be said to
be the most important
element of drama to be
DRAMATIC
ELEMENTS
Action - It is what the
characters say or do to
achieve their objectives.
Antagonist - It is the
character or situation that
stands against the
Arc - Also called spine or thought-line,
it is play’s story line-what the story
wants to find out
Aside - When the actor speaks directly
to the audience, the other actors
supposedly unable to hear what he
says. It was used during the
Renaissance drama to let the audience
Backstory - It pertains to the
events that happened in past
Complication - These are the
ones that cause conflicts with
the introduction of new
characters, information, or
events.
Conflict - It pertains to the problem
caused by the opposing objective of the
protagonist and the antagonist.
Deus ex machine - It refers to the
Greek practice of physically lowering a
god to the stage at the end of the play
to solve all the problems. Today, it is
regarded as a contrived way of doing
Discovery - It is what is achieved
when the main character finally
realizes the reality of the situation.
Double plots - It refers to the use
of a subplot in the weaving in the
out of the main plot, especially
evident in Elizabethan drama.
Dramatic convention - It is what the
audience is willing to accept as real for sake
of the story: actor representing the
character of the story, the stage set
representing a real location in the time and
shape, suspended time, or that which jumps
forward.
Flashback - It refers to the description or
enactment of the past even for clarifying
the situation, usually as it relates to the
Foreshadowing - It is the use of hints
at the future in order to build
anticipation in the audience.
Inciting incident - It refers to the
event that launches the protagonist
and gets the plot going.
In Medias Res - It refers to the
opening scene in the middle of the
action.
Intrigue - It refers to a scheme designed
by one of the characters. The success of
this scheme depends on another
character’s innocence or ignorance of the
situation. This usually results in a
complication in the plot.
Music - It is a mainstay of the musical
drama. Early tragedies even had both
dancing and choral singing, as in television
and movies, music is used on the stage to
Monologue - It is an actor’s speech
delivery in the presence of other
character who do not speak but listen.
Protagonist - It is the main character
of the story. He or she is the character
with a mission or is involved in a quest.
Reversal - It happens when the main
character either fails or succeed. It is
also called periptery
Scenes - These are the portion of an act,
something triggered by the clearing of the
stage for the next’’ scene’’. Some scenes
are relief scenes (widely used in English
drama). These scenes allow the audience to
relax briefly in the tension of the drama or
to add a sense of poignant sadness.
Soliloquy - It is a speech delivery by an
actor when he or she is alone to express
thoughts.
Stakes - These are what the
character stands to gain or lose
if they succeed or fail.
Surprise - It is something that
happens out of the audience’s
expectations
Suspense - It consists of event that creates
a sense of uncertainly concerning what will
happen to character.
Three units - French and Italian critics of
the 16th and 17th centuries believed that a
play needs three unites to achieve
verisimilitude (believability), unit of action
(first suggested by Aristotle), unity of place
(a single location), and unity of time (the
play portraying no longer than a 24-hours
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