Elements of Drama - ADV

The characters in a play =

• Script

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

• Cast of Characters

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

A comment or look made by a character directly to the audience (can't be seen by the other characters) =

• Prologue

• Monologue

• Dialogue

• Aside

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

The ____________________ is an introductory passage/speech which sets the stage and setting.

Check all that are true of dramatic irony:

• it is all the written text of a play

• it gives background information about the characters/events

• it is created because the audience knows something that the characters do not

• it creates suspense

• it creates humor

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Explain how dramas are structured. You must include the following words:

SCRIPTS

SCENES

ACTS

DRAMAS

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Stage directions are NEVER spoken.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

You can skip over reading stage directions since the characters don't say these words.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

Check all that are true of dialogue:

• it is the conversation between 2+ characters

• it is one character talking to themselves

• it reveals characters' motivations

• it reveals characters' reactions to plot events

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Check all that are true of staging/stage directions:

• it is the conversation between 2+ characters

• it reveals characters' motivations

• it reveals characters' motivations

• it can provide contrary information about characters' motivations/reactions that their dialogue does

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

Check all that are true of narrators:

• they are performers who are also part of the plot

• they are performers who are not a part of the plot

• they speak directly to the audience

• they speak to other characters

• they provide background information and insight to character motivations

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6