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What is drama? play • A drama, also known as a ______, consists of works of literature written to be _______ performed by actors in front of an audience. radio • It can also be a _______ play where it is performed ________. acoustically

What are stage directions? Words in brackets [ ], ( ), and italics, setting that describe the _____ and tell the move, look, or saytheir actors how to _________ lines. Stage directions also help the reader ________ how the actors understanding should be moving, looking, or speaking.

Stage directions examples:

What is dialogue? conversation between ____ 2 A dialogue is a _________ or more characters. Dialogue can reveal a character’s: age • _______ • personality and mood • ethnic background educational background • _______________ • geographical roots • relationships and their status motivations and aspirations • _________________

Dialogue continued… • Besides establishing characterization, dialogue can also hint at the ______ tone of a drama. Theme is theme and _____ central idea or perception about life that is revealed through a literary work. Tone is the emotional attitude toward the reader or toward the subject implied by a literary work. • Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie. Tone is the emotional attitude toward the reader or toward the subject implied by a literary work.

Dialogue example: ABIGAIL: Give me a word, John. A soft word. Her concentrated desire destroys his smile. PROCTOR: No, no, Abby. That’s done with. ABIGAIL, tauntingly: You come five mile to see a silly girl fly? I know you better. PROCTOR, setting her firmly out of his path: I come to see what mischief your uncle’s brewin’ now. Put it out of mind, Abby. —from The Crucible, by Arthur Miller

What is monologue? long speech made by ___ 1 character. • A _______ expression • This type of speech is an _______ thoughts or of a character’s ______ feelings regarding another character or situation. • A monologue typically can be heard by other characters on stage.

Monologue example: ABIGAIL: Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parents’ heads on the pillow next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!. . . —from The Crucible, by Arthur Miller

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