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Closed-shop union
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Union to which all employees must belong and which the employer formally recognizes as their sole collective bargaining agent - ie: Writers Guild of America
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Open-shop union
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Membership is optional - ie: Dramatists Guild of America
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Dialogue
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Spoken text of the play
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Parenthetical
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Short descriptions such as (loving) (terrified)
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Stage directions
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Notes that indicate the physical movements of the characters
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Theme
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Central idea or moral of the play
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Subtext
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Hidden meaning behind the words
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Plot
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Causal and logical structure that connects events
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Exposition or back story
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Lets the audience in on what happened to the characters before the play began and what happens between the scenes and offstage
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Disturbance
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Incident that upsets the balance and gets the action rolling by creating an opportunity for conflict
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Point of attack
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Where the protagonist must make a major decision that will result in conflict
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Dark moment
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When the protagonist fails for internal or external reasons and the goal seems unattainable
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Enlightenment
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Occurs when the protagonist comes to understand how to defeat the antagonist
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Denouement
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Final outcome of the play
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