Theater

Who first made drama and theater popular?

• Ancient Egyptians

• Ancient Greeks

• Babylonians

• Shakespeare

Stage directions usually appear

• After a character's name

• In quotations marks

• In italics and parentheses

• After dash marks

Dialogue in plays usually appears

• After a character's name

• In italics and parenthaseses

• In quotation marks

• After dashes

The stage direction "The scene opens in a dusty office" is an example of which category?

• Time

• Setting

• Action

• Emotions/Thoughts/Manners

The stage direction "A short man wearing glasses" is an example of this type of stage direction

• Setting

• Emotions/Thoughts/Manners

• Actions

• Physical Appearance

The stage direction "she is a greedy, selfish woman" is an example of this type

• Actions

• Physical Appearance

• Emotions/Thoughts/Manners

• Setting

The stage direction "He runs across the stage, carrying a book" is an example of this type

• Setting

• Actions

• Physical Appearance

• Time

The Stage Direction "It is the dead of night in November 1885" is an example of this type

• Action

• Time

• Emtion/Thoughts/Manners

• Physical Appearance

a place to watch a play or movie

• theater

• theator

• theoter

• theader

Which of the following is a BENEFIT of Reader's Theater?

• Increases self-confidence.

• Develops reading fluency through repetition.

• Improves listening and speaking skills.

• All of these!