Elements of drama

What is a genre?

• Type of literature

• Type of drama

• A play for TV

• Type of writing

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What is drama?

• a type of literature for school

• a type of novel that is read aloud

• a play for theater, radio, or television

• a performance of live action actors

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What are stage directions? *pick the best answer*

• Directions written in a scripts that help the performance along

• Directions written in parenthesis in a script to guide actors and directors

• Directions written in a script to guide the actors and actresses in their performance

• Directions written in parenthesis in a script that tells the director how to direct the actors

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What is dialogue?

• A conversation between one character and the audience

• A speech given by one character for themselves

• A speech given by one character to one or more other characters

• A conversation between two or more characters

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What is a monologue?

• An uninterrupted speech given by one character that may or may not be directed at another character

• An uninterrupted speech given by one character where the character is talking to himself/herself

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What is a soliloquy?

• An uninterrupted speech given by one character where the character is talking to himself/herself

• An uninterrupted speech given by one character that may or may not be directed at another character

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What is an aside?

• An uninterrupted speech given by one character that may or may not be directed at another character

• A comment or look made by a character directly to the audience where the other characters can’t “hear” or “see” what is going on

• A conversation between two or more characters

• Directions written in parenthesis in a script to guide actors and directors

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Why study these terms?

• To learn about different characters and how actors perform them

• Analyze how an author's writing can change the outcome and the performance of a live action play, tv show, movie, or script

• Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning

• To learn about an author's choices and how they can impact the reading of a script

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This is an example of:

GASTON: Hello, Belle.

BELLE: Bonjour Gaston. (GASTON grabs the book from BELLE) Gaston, may I have my book, please?

GASTON: How can you read this? There's no pictures!

BELLE: Well, some people use their imaginations.

• Monologue

• Stage directions

• Aside

• Dialogue

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This is an example of:

(Lefou, Gaston’s sidekick, brags about Gaston to everyone in the pub.)

LEFOU: Who, you? Never. Gaston, you've got to pull yourself together.

Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Gaston

Looking so down in the dumps

Every guy here'd love to be you, Gaston

Even when taking your lumps

There's no man in town as admired as you

You're everyone's favorite guy

Everyone's awed and inspired by you

• Monologue

• Aside

• Soliloquy

• Stage directions

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