Define "Convention" and Explain How Conventions Function in a Play

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Essay

Define "convention" and explain how conventions function in a play or theatrical performance with which you are familiar.Consider what misunderstandings or confusions might arise in someone unfamiliar with such conventions.

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Definitions:

Contact Metamorphism

Metamorphism resulting from heat and pressure in rocks when they are invaded by magma.

Unconformity

An interface between distinct groups of strata that shows a phase of erosion or no sediment accumulation.

Desert Varnish

A thin, dark film or coating of iron and manganese oxides, silica, and other materials; formed by prolonged exposure at the surface; synonym rock varnish.

Desert Pavement

A natural concentration of pebbles and other rock fragments that mantle a desert surface of low relief.