Play by Reginald Rose Teaching Activities by Rivka Lewenstein

5.
Suggest techniques that could help each student apply the knowledge that s/he 
already has.
6.
In what area of English do you have the most trouble applying what you have 
learned? Together with your friends, brainstorm techniques for improvement in 
that area. 
 
Useful Vocabulary:
apply
relate
make use of
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TWELVE ANGRY MEN
© 2011. A.E.L. Publications

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Twelve Angry Men
110
Literary Terms That Appear in This Book*
Act
= section of a play (like a chapter in a book)
See page 8.
Antagonist
= a character, group of characters, or natural force that opposes the 
protagonist in the main conflict of the story or drama
See page 80.
Climax 
= the point of highest interest (crisis) in a story or drama
See page 80.
Conflict 
=
 
the struggle between opposing forces, of which at least one is a character 
Different kinds of conflict include:
1) a struggle against Nature
2) a struggle against another person
3) a struggle against society
4) a struggle within the person themselves
See page 80.
Drama
= literary work that is written in dialogue to be performed by actors on the 
stage; a play with a serious theme
See page 8.
Foreshadowing
= a technique in which events narrated at an earlier point in the story 
hint at, and prepare us for, something that will happen later in the story
See page 80.
Irony
= a situation, speech, etc. where there is a distinct difference between what might 
be expected and what actually occurs
See page 56.
Protagonist
= the main character, the hero or heroine, who is faced with an opposing 
force that he or she must overcome in order to achieve his or her goal
See page 80.
Theme
= the message or general idea of a literary piece
See page 80.
*Partially based on the literary terms that appear in the 
Literature Handbook
(Ministry of 
Education).