Poetry
Rhyme
Correctly label the elements of a plot structure.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What point of view are memoirs written in?
1st Person
True or False: A play is a story written in dialogue form to be acted out by actors before a live audience as if it were real life.
True
What is the definition of a story board?
a sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a movie of television production.
A comparison between two things using like or as.
Simile
Tension or opposition between characters in the plot.
Conflict
What is the definition of a memoir?
A narrative about your personal experiences that teaches an overall lesson or something you've learned to the reader.
What are the six parts to dramatic structure?
Plot, character, theme, language, music, spectacle
In addition to sound effects, what effect does music have within a film?
List and label with the stressed or unstressed symbols the four types of rhythm.
Iambic- U /
Anapestic- UU /
Trochaic- / U
Dactylic- / UU
What are the four types of conflict found in a narrative?
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Self
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Society
What are the five steps of a successful memoir?
Brainstorming, drafting, review, revise, publish
What are the definitions of an act, cue, and subtext?
Act: major division of a play
Cue: the dialogue, sounds, movement, or business signaling an actor or technician to respond as rehearsed.
Subtext: the underlying meaning or interpretation of a line, which is not indicated in the script but is supplied by the actor.
What is the definition of spectacle? And what do writers NOT incorporate within their scripts? Why?
All visual elements of a production including scenery, properties, lighting, costumes, makeup, stage movement, and dance.
Writers do NOT incorporate camera angles or in-depth scene descriptions. It is the directors job to decide those things.
What are the 8 types of meter?
Monometer, Dimeter, Trimeter, Tetrameter, Pentameter, Hexameter, Heptameter, Octameter
What is the difference between indirect and direct characterization? What acronym do you use with indirect?
Indirect: Show through characters sayings, thoughts, effect on others, actions, looks (S.T.E.A.L.)
Direct: author tells directly in the text
What two types of figurative language are used most in memoirs?
Similes and metaphors
What is "business" and what is an example of it?
Small movements and actions that do not require the actor to move from place to place.
Example: Taking a drink of water from a glass
What are three major differences between a play script and a screenplay?
Answers may vary.
Correctly label the following components of the line of poetry below: meter, foot, stressed syllables, unstressed syllables, and rhythm. Then write the name of the line.
And the sound of a voice that is still.
And the sound / of a voice / that is still.
U U / U U / U U /
Anapestic Trimeter
What are the four types of characters found in a narrative?
Protagonist
Antagonist
Round or Dynamic
Flat or Static
Write a one paragraph response using your five senses to answer this prompt: What is your school like? (See, hear, smell, taste, touch)
Act Two
Scene One
Characters: Bob, Julie, Marta (provide descriptions)
Setting: Park (provide description)
Two lines of dialogue
Page Number
Present papers...
Type a correctly formatted screenplay starting from the beginning of the scene, to the first line of dialogue. Then after the line of dialogue illustrate how an intercut is formatted within a screenplay.
Present answers.