Match the description to the term.

1. deals with a serious subject
2. often amuses an audience
3. the sequence of actions in a play
4. the part of a play that presents necessary introductory information
5. the message or underlying meaning of a play
6. the main character in a play
7. the unique way in which an author expresses himself
8. the responsibility of the stage designer
9. the design or pattern of a play
10. used by the playwright to explain the way something is to be done
11. a speech given by a character alone or on stage
12. the words spoken by the actors

a. dialogue
b. style
c. protagonist
d. setting
e. stage directions
f. monologue
g. structure
h. theme
i. tragedy
j. exposition
k. comedy
l. plot

1. i. tragedy

2. k. comedy

3. l. plot

4. j. exposition

5. h. theme

6. c. protagonist

7. b. style

8. d. setting

9. g. structure

10. e. stage directions

11. f. monologue

12. a. dialogue

Explanation:

1. Tragedy is the type of play that has tragic events.

2. Comedy is the type of play that amuses the audience because it is intended to be funny.

3. The plot includes the main events of a play; the actions are part of the plot.

4. In the exposition you get background information so you know, for example, where the play is taking place.

5. The theme is the central topic a play has.

6. The protagonist is the character that spends more time on scene and it is important for the play.

7. The style is something that is unique because it is the way an author expresses and every author is different, therefore, their styles are also different.

8. The setting is everything that is part of a scene in a place and the stage designer is in charge of it.

9. The structure has several parts and it forms the design or pattern of a play.

10. Stage directions are useful to tell the actors and actresses what they have to do on stage.

11. The monologue is something that says only one actor or actress on stage.

12. The dialogue is everything the actors and actresses say on stage, on camera, etc.

answer: the first one

explanation:

explicitly is defined as “in a clear and detailed manner, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.” the rest are interpretive and not clearly proven leaving in fact possible “confusion or doubt” which explicitly, by definition cannot have.

situational archetype describes the adventures of hero. the examples of situational archetypes are the quest, good vs evil, the task which represent respectively search, good forces, characters vs the evil ones and a certain job that must be done. from the given options, we cannot observe the subplot the beauty and the beast which is a correct answer for this question.