Elements of Biography
What is a biography?
An account of someone's life written by someone else.
Biographies are written to entertain the reader.
False. The main purpose of a biography is to inform the reader about a person's life.
There is one setting or the setting has not changed.
True or false
Setting is only the place.
False
What type of story line does a drama have?
A plot
What point of view is the biography written?
3rd person
True or False
Childhood is not included in a biography.
False.
What is the cast of characters in a drama?
The characters in the play that have speaking parts.
True or False
An example of a setting can be different times during the day.
True. It is showing different times that an event happened. Example morning, noon and afternoon.
What makes a drama different than a fiction story?
It has a cast of characters and scenes.
What is the most important parts of the biography?
The struggles the person faced and how they overcame the problem.
True or False
A biography can not teach a lesson.
False. A biography shows the struggles and how a person overcame it. This shows the person did not give up.
What one prop would be used to identify a detective?
A magnifying glass
The setting can not change in a drama.
False. When a setting changes in a drama, a new scene is created.
True or False
The author of a drama is called a playwright.
True
Chronological order
True or False
An example of a biography is Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
False. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a fictional character in a fictional story.
When an action is in parenthesis this is called what?
Stage directions
True or False
Setting can be from a time period like Colonial times.
True. A time period helps you understand how things were during that time period. Example, Colonial times do not have electricity.
What is the description in a drama?
The description gives background information to help the reader understand.
Will a theme be in the biography?
Yes. The biography shows a lesson.
True or False
An example of a biography is the Diary of Anne Frank.
True. She is a real person in history.
What is a prop?
Something in the play to give the reader a visual or to identify a person.
True or False
The setting is hard to identify in a drama.
False. The beginning of a scene states when and where the play is happening.
What is scene?
A part that shows one time and one place off the drama.