Character Development in Dramas

What are character traits?

• The struggles in the plot of a story

• Descriptive adjectives that tell you what a character is like

• All of the events that happen in a story

• The places where the story happens

Character development is

• How a character changes from the beginning of a story to the end of a story as a result of the experiences they’ve had.

• How a character changes at the beginning of a story.

• How a character changes at the end of a story as a result of the experiences they’ve had.

• How a character experiences an event in a story.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the...

• stage directions

• scene

• setting

• stage

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.10

A ____ is a story or play that is acted out using characters in situations that imitate real life.

• Biography

• Drama

• Director

• Conflict

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.4

Stage directions are the words written that appear in parentheses throughout the play and these words tell the characters how to _________________.

• end the play

• use dialogue

• act in the play

• sing

What is dialogue?

• the words spoken by characters.

• the written text of a stage play or a screenplay to be used in production; includes dialogue and stage direction

• what the actor contributes to the character

• a character’s personality

What are stage directions?

• types of characters that appear frequently in movies, TV shows, books, etc.

• instructions in the script of a play, usually indicating movement or tone of a character

• the words spoken by characters

• what the actor contributes to the character

What character trait is revealed?

[Sighing.] Boy, I'm exhausted! [Moves through the dance routine sluggishly, making many mistakes.] I know I can do it...I just wish I wasn't so tired. Oh well, I have to give it my all tomorrow. I can't lose the competition!

• passionate

• frustrated

• intelligent

• bored

What can you use to figure out what a character’s traits are?

• what the character says

• what the character thinks

• how other characters react to the character

• all of the above

Whether Man [A little man wearing a long coat and carrying an umbrella pops up from behind the sign he was holding. He speaks very fast and excitedly.] My, my, my ,my, my, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the Land of Expectations, Expectations, Expectations!

What is a character trait of the Whether Man?

• Mean

• Crazy/Strange

• Lazy

• Curious