Text of a play in which two or more characters exchange lines
What is dialogue?
100
A punctuation mark used to connect two complete sentences that express closely connected ideas
What is a semicolon? (;)
100
Giving human characteristics to a thing, idea, or animal. For example, "The sky wept."
What is personification?
100
The literal, dictionary meaning of a word
What is denotation?
100
On your whiteboard, rewrite this sentence:
"Bella Swan the vampire's girlfriend is in trouble."
Bella Swan, the vampire's girlfriend, is in trouble.
200
A long speech given by a character to other characters on the stage
What is a monologue?
200
An incomplete sentence
What is a fragment?
200
A comparison using like or as, for example, "She was happy as a bee in spring."
What is a simile?
200
The negative or positive feelings and associations implied by a certain word
What is connotation?
200
On your whiteboard, rewrite this sentence:
"There punctuality is key."
Their punctuality is key.
300
A long speech given by a character to him/herself
What is a soliloquy?
300
A sentence in which the subject of the sentence is being acted upon, i.e. "The letter was written by me."
What is passive voice?
300
A figurative comparison without using like or as, such as "He was my compass in a very difficult time in my life."
What is a metaphor?
300
a comparison between things which have similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea, such as comparing the human brain to a computer. (Hint: not simile or metaphor.)
What is an analogy?
300
On your whiteboard, rewrite this sentence:
"I enjoy shrimp to."
I enjoy shrimp too.
400
A line spoken to the audience or to another character but not intended for others on stage
What is an aside?
400
A fused sentence, or when two independent clauses are put together like one sentence. Ex: "I went to the bank I got some money."
What is a run-on sentence?
400
In fiction, a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. For example, Mercutio and Romeo.
What is a character foil?
400
Adjective to describe something that is interesting, strange or funny because of being very different from what you would usually expect. (Hint: begins with the letter "i.")
What is ironic?
400
Using your whiteboard, rewrite the following sentence to active voice:
"My car was stolen by idiots."
Idiots stole my car.
500
Instructions for the characters to follow that are built in to the script.
What are stage directions?
500
The beginning part of a word that can give a hint as to its meaning
What is a prefix?
500
The feeling created by the setting
What is mood?
500
Definition of "to impart"
What is to give or imbue?
500
On your whiteboard, rewrite this sentence:
"James--who likes jazz, is our band leader."