What is drama A drama also known as a consists of works of literature written to be by actors in front of an audience It can also be a play where it is performed ID: 585758
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DRAMASlide2
What is drama?
A drama, also known as a ___________, consists of works of literature written to be ______________ by actors in front of an audience.
It can also be a _____________ play where it is performed _______________.
play
performed
acoustically
radioSlide3
What are stage directions?
Words in brackets [ ], ( ), and
italics,
that describe the __________ and tell the actors how to _________________ their lines. Stage directions also help the reader _______________ how the actors should be moving, looking, or speaking.
setting
m
ove, look, or say
understandingSlide4
Stage directions examples:Slide5Slide6Slide7
What is dialogue?
A dialogue is a
_________________
between
____
or more characters. Dialogue can reveal a character’s:
•
_______
• personality and mood
• ethnic background
•
_____________________________
• geographical roots
• relationships and their status
•
_________________________________
conversation
2
age
e
ducational background
m
otivations and aspirationsSlide8
Dialogue continued…
Besides establishing characterization, dialogue can also hint at the
___________
and
_________
of a drama. Theme is the 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.
theme
toneSlide9
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 Slide10
What is monologue?
A
_______
speech made by
___
character.
This type of speech is an
_____________
of a character’s ___________
or
_________
regarding another character or situation.
A monologue typically can be heard by other characters on stage.
long
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expression
thoughts
feelingsSlide11
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 Slide12
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