Elements of Drama

The major sections of a play

• Acts
• Scene
• Drama
• Script

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Conversation between two or more characters

• Monologue
• Dialect
• Conversation
• Dialogue

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

One person speaking

• Monologue
• Dialogue
• Dialect
• Language

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

A hint of what is to come in the action of a play...

• Guess
• Act
• Foreshadow
• Scene

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Provides information such as the time and place of the story or description of the setting.

• Stage Direction
• Foreshadow
• Props
• Playwright

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is a soliloquy?

• a brief remark that the audience can hear but characters cannot
• a lengthy speech addressed to the other characters on stage
• a lengthy speech in which one character is alone on stage
• speech in which a word has a double meaning

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is an aside?

• a brief remark that the audience can hear but characters cannot
• a lengthy speech in which one character is alone on stage
• speech in which a word has a double meaning
• a lengthy speech addressed to the other characters on stage

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is a monologue?

• a lengthy speech in which one character is alone on stage
• _{a brief remark that the audience can hear but characters cannot}
• speech in which a word has a double meaning
• a lengthy speech addressed to the other characters on stage

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A "soliloquy" and an "aside" are different from a "monologue" because they are...

• quietly spoken off-stage.
• both discussions between two characters.
• spoken directly to the audience.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10