Drama STAAR Review

How does the song from the off stage voice foreshadow events to come?

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Read the text from the play below:  
 
Mr. Lamb: (irritated, hands on hips) More guesswork. Ridiculous!  
 
In the line, what is the purpose of the words in parentheses?

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Read the line below:  
 
Olivia: Thanks, Mom. Mr. Lamb turned out to be a real wolf in sheep’s clothing.    
 
What does Olivia mean by saying that Mr. Lamb was a wolf in sheep’s clothing?  

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What is the theme of the play?

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I am a type of genre with characters, lines and stage directions.  What am I ?

• Poetry

• Drama

• Fiction

• Non Fiction

I am the person or animal in a drama that has lines or follows stage directions.  Who am I?

• Props

• Script

• Characters

• Scenes

I am a story told in front of a live audience.  What am I?

• A poem

• A story

• A fantasy

• A drama

Which of the following is NOT a way to recognize this text as a play (drama)?

• It has a title

• It has a list of characters

• It is broken into scenes

• It has dialogue and stage directions

Which of the following is an example of dialogue from the text?

• CARTER: A nine-year-old boy

• [The curtain opens. Carter, Marcus, and Ruben are sitting on the bench at an empty park basketball court, rolling a basketball back and forth.]

• RUBEN: I can’t believe David is going to miss our basketball tournament.

• SCENE 1

I provide information to the characters about their actions or feelings.  I am in parenthesis.  What am I?

• Lines

• Setting

• Stage directions

• Acts