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A widely held and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

STEREOTYPES

Label, assumption, expectation on a person

Characteristics of stereotypes

Oversimplified perception of someone based on their gender or sex.

GENDER STEREOTYPE

Assumption based on their sexual orientation.

SEXUALITY STEREOTYPE

Prejudgment about people based on their race or ethnicity

RACE AND ETHNICITY STEREOTYPE

Judgement about working-class people which can prevent them from getting good jobs or access to welfare.

SOCIAL CLASS STEREOTYPE

People with disabilities were long excluded from social participation.

DISABILITY STEREOTYPE

Assumes older people are incapable and losing intellect while younger ones are weak.

AGE STEREOTYPE

Can create fear of religious groups that you don't belong to.

RELIGIOUS STEREOTYPE

Gender, Sexuality, Race and ethnicity, social class, disability, age, and religious

Types of stereotypes

Is a written work intended for performance on a stage, featuring characters who engage in dialogues and actions to tell a story or convey a message to an audience.

PLAY

Is a concise theatrical piece, often with a smaller cast and a shorter runtime than full-length plays, but it still encapsulates a full narrative.

One-act play

Playwright

is someone who writes plays, typically for performance in theaters. They craft the dialogue, characters, plot, and often stage directions to create a script intended for actors to perform on stage.

Characters

the people in the story, usually only 2-7 characters. Each one has a clear role because the play is short.

Plot

the sequence of events and focuses on ONE main conflict.

Freytag’s Pyramid of Story structure

It is a diagram that shows the plot of a story.

Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, resolution

What contains plot

Theme

the message, lesson, or insight. What the audience should learn or think about.

Dialogue

conversations between characters. The main tool for developing character and moving the plot.

Playwright, characters, plot, theme, dialogue

Elements of One act play

Scenery

refers to the visual background of the stage, including the set, structures, or painted backdrops that show where the story takes place

Costumes

the clothes worn by the actors to show their character's personality, social status, time period, or role of the story.

Props

objects used by actors during the performance, such as books, glasses, bags, or any item that helps make the actions more realistic.

Blockings

planned movements of actors on stage—where they stand, walk, sit, or interact—to make the scene clear, organized, and visually effective.

Sounds

sound effects, background audio, and music that help create mood, signal actions, or highlight emotions.

Lights

lighting used onstage to show time of day, highlight characters, set the mood, and focus the audience's attention on important parts of the scene.

Scenery, Costumes, Props, Blockings, sounds, lights

Technical elements of a one act play

PLAY SYNOPSIS

it is written to give an overview of the plot of the play and excite the audience and readers.

entice

Synopses are written to ____ someone to buy a novel, watch a play, or anticipate an upcoming film or television series.

Guides for students, academic research

Synopses can also serve as ___ looking for texts to read or sifting information for ___

publishers, print

Synopses are also a tool for writers aiming to get their____ to ___ their work, producers to get interested in their material for the big or small screen, or competition judges to select their work for the preliminaries for academic researches.

Sponsors, fund

In the case of a play synopsis, it is usually written to get ___ to help ___ the productions of the play, or to give the audience an overview of the story as provided in the playbill (printed theater program).

Printed Theater program

Playbill

a paragraph, one page

A synopsis can be ___ or ___ long