Understanding Elements of a Play

What is dialogue?

• the words the characters speak

• the third person in the play

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Actors learn their parts by reading from a ______.

• stage directions

• script

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What is the setting of the play?

• A long time ago in the King's palace.

• Yesterday at the store.

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Who were the cast of characters in the play?

• Prince, Storyteller One, Storyteller Three, Ladies and Gentlemen, and Policemen

• King, Princess, First Storyteller, Second Storyteller, Lords and Ladies, and Guards

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How does the King react to the First Storyteller's short story?

• The King loves his story and wants him to write it in a book.

• • The King is outraged and insists that the story is too short.

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What does the King order to happen to the First Storyteller?

• Bring him and place him in jail.

• • The King orders the guards to throw him out of the palace and cut off his head.

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What plea does the Princess make regarding the First Storyteller?

• • The Princess begs her father to spare the First Storyteller's life.

• She asks to marry him.

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What condition does the King give to the Second Storyteller?

• That he also has to go to jail.

• • The King states that if the Second Storyteller can tell a story that lasts forever, he will marry the Princess and become King.

  
  

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How does the King respond to the Second Storyteller's repetitive storytelling?

• • The King becomes increasingly frustrated and demands the story to progress.

  
  

• He loves his story and wants to hear more!

What is the King's ultimate decision at the end of the play?

• • The King offers his daughter to the Second Storyteller and allows him to be King to stop the endless story about the locusts.

• He offers to eat a chocolate covered locust if he'll hush.

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