Which literary term means the words that are spoken by the actors?

• dialogue

• soliloquy

• monologue

• prologue

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TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7B

Match the following

• narrator

• These tell the actors how to act on stage

• soliloquy

• A literary form meant to be performed on stage.

• stage directions

• A long speech delivered by a character who is alone on stage

• monologue

• The person that tells the story

• drama

• A long speech by one single character to other characters

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TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7A

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

Which literary term means small moveable objects that the actors use to make the play seem real?​ (a)  

• props
• prologue
• monologue
• stage directions
• epilogue
• drama
• tragedy
• dialogue
• playwright

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TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7A

TEKS.ELA.8.7B

THE KING: He is very unwise to annoy me on such a warm day. He must be punished for his impudence. Use the lash on him.

What is the meaning of impudence in the paragraph?​ (a)  

• rudeness
• courtesy
• loudness
• behavior

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TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

TEKS.ELA.CR.2F

TEKS.ELA.E2.2B

Read these stage directions. Then, explain why the playwright included them at the beginning of the scene.

[The main street of Domremy, in front of the shattered church sacred to Jeanne D'Arc. Roofless houses and broken buildings stand huddled in ruins. The place is deserted and silent. From the right comes a peasant girl, Yvonne, finely made and young. She wears a coarse, wool skirt and a gray shawl loosely folded about her shoulders. Taking her way down the sunken street, she pauses before the door of the church and kneels. As she does so, another peasant girl comes silently from the church. The time is late afternoon in May. The south wind is stirring. Yvonne stands.]

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TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7B

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

Read the selection. Then, record your answer using the video button below.

MRS. POPOV: Sir, in my solitude I have become unaccustomed to the human voice and I cannot stand the sound of loud talking. I beg you, please to cease disturbing my rest.

Explain the meaning of solitude in the paragraph.

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TEKS.ELA.6.9F

TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7B

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

What do we call someone who writes plays?​ ​ (a)  

• playwright
• author
• writer
• poet
• bard

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TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

What is the author's purpose for drama?

• To inform

• To entertain

• To evoke emotion

• To be performed in front of an audience

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TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.7D

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

How are plays divided?

• Acts, with Scenes within the Acts

• Scenes, with Acts within the Scenes

• Stanzas

• Paragraphs

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TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.6.9F

TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

On a scale of 1-4, how well do you understand the genre of drama?

• 1. Huh?

• 2. I heard of it.

• 3. I know it pretty well.

• 4. Shakespeare and me are bros.

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TEKS.ELA.6.9F

TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7A

TEKS.ELA.8.8A