Unit 2b

What are stage directions?

• Directions given by the director to the actors

• Directions given by the actors to the director

• Directions that describe the set, sounds, costumes, lighting, and movement of the characters

• Directions that describe the emotions of the characters

What is characterization?

• The method in which an author constructs a character through their actions, thoughts, speech, and their personality and appeareance, and through the opinions of other character

• The method in which an author constructs a character through their appearance only

• the atomosphere or feeling created by the writer

• the author's particular attitude, either stated or implied in writing

What is drama?

• Literary works written in a novel format

• Literary works written in a poem format

•  literary works written in a stage play format which includes dialogue and stage directions that is intended to be performed

• a type of poem

What is foreshadowing?

• A literary device used to provide hints about future events and details

• A literary device used to describe the physical appearance of a character

• A literary device used to create suspense in a story

• A literary device used to reveal the thoughts and emotions of a character

What is the mood in literature?

• The physical and psychological background against which the story takes place

• The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work

• The sequence of events in a story

• The central or universal idea of a literary work

What is the plot of a story?

• The time and place in which a narrative occurs

• The basic sequence of events in a story

• The method in which an author constructs a character

• The distinctive poetic structure of a poem

What is poetic form?

• The expression of feelings and ideas through a distinctive style

• The physical, psychological, cultural, or historical background against which the story takes place

• A distinctive poetic structure with distinguishable characteristics like rhyme and syllable count

• The author's particular attitude in writing

What is the theme of a literary work?

• The author's particular attitude in writing

• The central or universal idea of a literary work

• The method in which an author constructs a character

• The time and place in which a narrative occurs

What is tone in writing?

• The author's unique articulation or expression of language

• The physical and psychological background against which the story takes place

• The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work

• The sequence of events in a story

Stanza

• lines in a poem

• 1.  the central or universal idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience/ condition

• 1.  the atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage; mood can be expressed through imagery, word choice, setting, voice, and theme. For example, the mood evoked in Edgar Allan Poe’s work is gloomy and dark.

• 1.  the method in which an author constructs a character by explicitly stating aspects of his/her personality and appearance (direct characterization) or by revealing aspects of a character through their actions, thoughts, speech, other characters, etc. (indirect characterization)