The Genre of Drama Review

What separates drama from other forms of literature?

• Complex Characters

• Performance

• Conflict

• Dialogue

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Why is this a no phones unit?

• No distractions

• We want you to suffer

• You don't miss details

• You're respectful to classmates reading

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The story is told through...

• A narrator

• Stage Directions

• Dialogue and Stage Directions

• Dialogue

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Dialogue is...

• The words characters say

• Words in the text that describe what's taking place

• Character's gestures and facial expressions

• Interpretive dance

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Stage Directions are...

• The words characters say

• Words marked in the text that describe what is taking place

• Interpretive dance

• Character's gestures and facial expressions

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

What is an extend speech by one character alone on stage called?

• Monologue

• Aside

• Song

• Soliloquy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

When a playwright uses dramatic irony...

• One character tells a lot of bad puns

• Audience knows more than characters

• Characters know more than the audience

• One character knows more than another character

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Which of the following are parts of plot?

• Denouement

• Climax

• Exposition

• All of these are parts of plot!

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

In a play, we have to pay attention to...

• Characters

• Plot

• Stage Directions

• All of these!

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

When performed, what DOESN'T help us understand a play?

• Actors' gestures and actions.

• Costumes, Sets, and Props

• Audience seating arrangements

• Actor's voice and body language choices.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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