Diary of Anne Frank Act 1 Conflict & Drama Elements

Diary of Anne Frank Act 1 Conflict & Drama Elements

by Ms. Buccella

Multiple Choice

Conflict is...

• The antagonist.

• The struggle between two forces in the story.

• Events that stop the action.

• A problem the antogonist faces.

Multiple Select

Select all correct answers.

The types of conflict are:

Character vs. ...

• Character

• Self

• Nature

• Society

Multiple Choice

Anne steals Peter's shoes. What conflict does this event cause?

• Character (Anne) vs. Character (Peter)

• Character (Anne) vs. Character (Mrs. Van Daan)

• Character (Peter) vs. Character (The Nazis)

• Character (Anne) vs. Character (The Nazis)

Multiple Choice

Anne tries on Mrs. Van Daan’s fur coat.

What happens next that causes a conflict?

• Anne spills water on the coat.

• Anne burns the sleeve in the fire.

• Anne rips the coat.

• Anne spills milk on the coat.

Multiple Choice

Anne tries on Mrs. Van Daan’s fur coat.

What conflict does this event cause?

• Character (Anne) vs. Character (Peter)

• Character (Anne) vs. Character (Mrs. Van Daan)

• Character (Peter) vs. Character (The Nazis)

• Character (Anne) vs. Character (The Nazis)

Multiple Select

Select all correct answers.

Mr. Dussel moves into Anne's room.

Which of the following contribute to the conflict between Anne and Mr. Dussel?

• Mr. Dussel yells at Anne for having a nightmare.

• Mr. Dussel steals Anne's food.

• Mr. Dussel and Anne have arguments.

• Anne spills milk on Mr. Dussel's coat.

Multiple Choice

The air raids are getting worse.

How does this affect Anne?

• She begs her father to move them to a different town.

• She thinks the Annex is no longer safe.

• She has nightmares.

• She asks Miep to bring her earmuffs so she won't have to hear the planes.

Multiple Select

Select TWO answers.

During the Hanukkah celebration, a crash is heard downstairs.

This causes which two conflicts?

• Character vs. Character

  Everyone is mad at Peter.

• Character vs. Character

  Everyone is worried that someone will investigate the noise, find them, and turn them in to the Nazis.

• Character vs. Nature

  Peter hurts his ankle badly.

• Character vs. Nature

  Anne faints.

​Stage Directions

​Descriptions or directions in the script that tell how the play is performed.

​Usually in italics.

Stage directions -->

Multiple Choice

Which one is an example of stage directions?

• Peter. Quack, quack, quack, and from now on stay out of my room!

• (As Peter passes her, Anne puts out her foot, tripping him.)

• Anne. Mother, this is perfectly absurd.

• Mrs. Frank. Anne, dear, don't be such a baby.

Soliloquy

An extended speech given by a character that expresses inner thoughts aloud to him/herself and the audience.

Multiple Choice

Often, a drama will include asides and/or soliloquies by the main character. However, this play does not. What do the authors use here to function in the same way?

• Anne does have soliloquies.

• Peter's conversations with Anne

• Anne's conversations with her mother

• Anne's diary entries

Multiple Choice

What happens each time a scene changes?

• A

  change in place or location is needed.

• We see a new character.

• We see a new conversation.

• We hear a monologue.

Foreshadowing

hints about what will happen later in a story

Flashback

a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.

Parallel Plot

two separate, but connected, narrative stories happening at the exact same time.

Multiple Choice

Which literary device is used in Scenes 2-5?

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Parallel Plot

• None of these

Multiple Choice

What makes Scenes 2-5 a flashback?

• Scene 1 didn't show Mr. Frank, but Scenes 2-5 did.

• Scene 1 was set in 1942, but Scenes 2-5 are set in 1943.

• Scene 1 was set in 1945, but Scenes 2-5 are set in 1942.

• Scene 1 didn't show Mr. Kraler, but Scenes 2-5 did.

Multiple Choice

Dramatic irony occurs when we (the reader or the audience) know something important that a character doesn’t know. Read the excerpt below and explain why Anne’s dialogue is an example of dramatic irony.

Anne. You know we’re going to forget how to dance... When we get out, we won’t remember a thing.

• Anne will get out of the annex, but will be captured by the Nazis for a short time. She'll never really escape.

• Anne will get out of the annex, but will die in a concentration camp. She'll never really escape.

• Anne will get out of the annex, but there is no place for Jews to dance in Amsterdam.

• Anne doesn't know how to dance.