Dramatic Elements

Dramatic Irony

• [Fade in on a shot of the sky...the various nebulae, and planet bodies stand out in sharp, sparkling relief. As the camera begins a slow pan across the heavens.]

• Sarah was a kind-hearted and generous person who always went out of her way to help others. Her warm smile and gentle demeanor made everyone feel welcome in her presence.

• Jack:I missed you so much! Seeing you just makes everything better. Rose: I missed you too, Jack! Jack: You kept your promise; you never let go. Rose: Of course I kept my promise, Jack.

• A political cartoon that makes fun of a new law

• The audience knows that Mulan is a girl, but the soldiers think she is a boy

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Satire

• [Fade in on a shot of the sky...the various nebulae, and planet bodies stand out in sharp, sparkling relief. As the camera begins a slow pan across the heavens.]

• Sarah was a kind-hearted and generous person who always went out of her way to help others. Her warm smile and gentle demeanor made everyone feel welcome in her presence.

• Jack:I missed you so much! Seeing you just makes everything better. Rose: I missed you too, Jack! Jack: You kept your promise; you never let go. Rose: Of course I kept my promise, Jack.

• A political cartoon that makes fun of a new law

• The audience knows that Mulan is a girl, but the soldiers think she is a boy

Dialogue

• [Fade in on a shot of the sky...the various nebulae, and planet bodies stand out in sharp, sparkling relief. As the camera begins a slow pan across the heavens.]

• Sarah was a kind-hearted and generous person who always went out of her way to help others. Her warm smile and gentle demeanor made everyone feel welcome in her presence.

• Jack:I missed you so much! Seeing you just makes everything better. Rose: I missed you too, Jack! Jack: You kept your promise; you never let go. Rose: Of course I kept my promise, Jack.

• A political cartoon that makes fun of a new law

• The audience knows that Mulan is a girl, but the soldiers think she is a boy

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Direct Characterization

• [Fade in on a shot of the sky...the various nebulae, and planet bodies stand out in sharp, sparkling relief. As the camera begins a slow pan across the heavens.]

• Sarah was a kind-hearted and generous person who always went out of her way to help others. Her warm smile and gentle demeanor made everyone feel welcome in her presence.

• Jack:I missed you so much! Seeing you just makes everything better. Rose: I missed you too, Jack! Jack: You kept your promise; you never let go. Rose: Of course I kept my promise, Jack.

• A political cartoon that makes fun of a new law

• The audience knows that Mulan is a girl, but the soldiers think she is a boy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Stage Directions

• [Fade in on a shot of the sky...the various nebulae, and planet bodies stand out in sharp, sparkling relief. As the camera begins a slow pan across the heavens.]

• Sarah was a kind-hearted and generous person who always went out of her way to help others. Her warm smile and gentle demeanor made everyone feel welcome in her presence.

• Jack:I missed you so much! Seeing you just makes everything better. Rose: I missed you too, Jack! Jack: You kept your promise; you never let go. Rose: Of course I kept my promise, Jack.

• A political cartoon that makes fun of a new law

• The audience knows that Mulan is a girl, but the soldiers think she is a boy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Define Narrator

• the storyteller of a novel or movie. They're the person who tells the reader what’s happening in the story and describes the characters, places, and events.

• instructions in a script that tell actors and the production team what to do during a play or performance.

• the main character of a story, usually the "good guy" but not always

• the conversation that happens between two or more characters in a story, play, or movie

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the difference between a SOLILOQUY and an ASIDE

• A soliloquy is a long speech where the character is speaking to themselves, but an aside is where the character is speaking to the audience.

• An aside is a long speech where the character is speaking to themselves, but a soliloquy is where the character is speaking to the audience

• A soliloquy is where a character is speaking to themselves, but an aside is where two or more characters are speaking to each other

• An aside is where a character is speaking to themselves, but a soliloquy is is where two or more characters are speaking to each other

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

________ is a special pattern or idea that keeps showing up in a story or piece of art.

• A MOTIF

• A SOLILOQUY 

• An ASIDE

• An ALLEGORY

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing from The Lord of the Flies?

• At the beginning of the story, when Jack's group first shows up, the author describes their shadows as "a black, bat-like creature"

• The reader knows that the "beast" is really a dead parachutist

• Piggy dies from a boulder

• The boys eat a pig that Jack hunted

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Identify the stage directions in this line from The Diary of Anne Frank:

Mr. Frank: Mrs. Van Daan, Mr. Van Daan, Peter. [Then in explanation of their lateness] There were too many of the Green Police on the streets...we had to take the long way around.

• Then in explanation of their lateness

• Mrs. Van Dann, Mr. Van Daan, Peter.

• ...we had to take the long way around.

• There were too many of the Green Police on the streets...

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7