Elements of Drama

How is a drama like a short story or novel?

• its has a setting

• it only uses dialogue

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

How is a play different from a short story or novel?

• It uses dialogue to show the action and is performed for an audience

• It is shorter and only works in paragraphs

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

Select all that apply.  Stage directions...

• ...help actors interpret the scene for the audience.

• ...will often tell an actor how to dress for the part.

• ...can be found in parentheis.

• ...are often in italics.

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CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What do stage directions help with?

• The audience, actors, and directions to visualize the scene

• They help you set up constructions staging

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

Which of the following words identifies the part of the play in which a problem arises?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is internal conflict?

• A fight with someone else

• A fight with yourself

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of these terms describes when an actor is on stage alone and is talking to the audience but really speaking his own thoughts

• soliloquy

• aside

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

What type of literature did you just learn about?

• nonfiction

• drama

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5