Drama Introduction

Plays are written for the main purpose of...

• Imagining

• Performance

• Reading

• Listening

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Drama began in...

• the United States of America

• the United Kingdom

• Greece

• Italy

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

What do we call someone who writes plays?

• Playwright

• Writer

• Poet

• Author

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

What does an Act refer to?

• The major sections of a play

• The minor sections of a play

• The major sections of a story

• The minor sections of a story

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

What does a Scene refer to?

• The major sections of a play

• The minor sections of a play

• The place where an incident occurred.

• The minor sections of a story

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

What are the things included in the stage directions? (there are multiple answers)

• When a scene takes place

• How the characters should say their lines

• How the characters should move on stage.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

What does Plot refer to?

• It refers to the main ideas explored in the text.

• It refers to the time and place in which a situation occurs

• It refers to the representations of people

• It refers to the overall storyline

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What are the two things that all scripts contain?

• Pictures

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

• Acts

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

What does Character refer to?

• It refers to the overall storyline

• It refers to representations of people

• It refers to the writer's purposeful use of language

• It refers to the time and place in which a situation occurs

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Creating a drama is all down to...

• The playwright

• The director

• The actors

• The backstage crew

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7