Unit 2: Lesson 5

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 7, Unit 2, Lesson 5.
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  1. drama
    a work intended for performance by actors on a stage
  2. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  3. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  4. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  5. cast
    the actors in a play, film, or television show
  6. dialogue
    the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
  7. stage direction
    instruction or description written in the script of a play
  8. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  9. voice
    a means by which something is expressed or communicated
  10. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  11. irony
    incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
  12. complex sentence
    a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
  13. subordinating conjunction
    a conjunction that introduces a dependent clause
  14. subordinate
    (of a clause) unable to stand alone as a complete sentence
  15. conjunction
    a function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases
  16. etymology
    a history of a word
  17. clause
    an expression including a subject and predicate
  18. medium
    a technology that publicly transmits to a large audience
  19. stagecraft
    skill or artistry in the creation or production of plays
  20. scenery
    the painted structures of a stage set suggesting a locale
  21. set
    scenery used to identify a location of a dramatic production
  22. costume
    the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
  23. prop
    an object used on the set of a play or movie
  24. makeup
    cosmetics applied to the face to change your appearance
  25. lighting
    apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
  26. composition
    the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts
  27. motion
    the act of changing location from one place to another
  28. expression
    the feelings shown on a person's face
  29. madame
    title used for a married Frenchwoman
  30. inferior
    of or characteristic of low rank or importance
  31. discrepancy
    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
  32. heirloom
    something that has been in a family for generations
Created on Fri Sep 11 15:00:14 EDT 2020 (updated Wed Sep 16 13:38:07 EDT 2020)

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