Elements of Poetry/Drama
The purpose of stage directions are to-
What is...
-Reveal of the character expresses themselves.
-Gives a visual time and place.
-Creates a visual image of how the playwright things the play should be acted out.
The poet uses a simile in the lines below to describe what?
Like sails catching a sudden gust/Those frail folded flaps of the butterfly unfurl;
What is The quickness and fullness of the butterfly’s spreading wings
Humble Hero
Paragraph 19 is important to the play because it shows that Hans is a -
What is a humble man?
A Walk Through the Rain Forest
Which line from the poem best helps the reader imagine the flowers and fruits of the rainforest?
what is a palace of fragrance and tastes.
Humble Hero
How can the theme best be described in the play Humble Hero?
what is True honor lies in fulfilling the needs of others before one’s own desires.
The purpose of dialogue is to-
What is...
-Express characters thoughts and feelings.
-Shows how the character reacts.
The poet uses a simile in the lines below to describe what?
The butterflies-
Will soon rob this land of your grace/And leave it dull as pale elephant skin.
What is To express the idea that the area will be less beautiful without the butterflies.
Humble Hero
What do the lines in paragraph 5 reveal about the character of the princess?
what is She believes that marriage alone does not provide happiness.
Read the lines below.
I shut the drawer/and I like the/sound of the thunk/that says the desk is mine.
What is the purpose of using the sensory language in the line above?
What is to imagine the sound made by the shutting of the desk drawer.
How can the theme best be described in the poem, The Dance?
what is...
Live life to the fullest.
You have to work through the bad in life to have the good.
While dashes suggest a pause or incomplete thought, an exclamation demonstrates what?
What is Excitement?
Read the lines below about a tree.
Option A: Her face looks out to the world,/A grandmother to us all.
Options B:
She has scarred wood/With intricate designs carved into her face.
Which option suggests that the tree deserves respect?
What is option A?
Little Man, Big Heart
In Scene 2, the dialogue between Tom Thumb and the knights reveals the idea that-
Sir Palomedes is a man willing to defend those who are being oppressed.
Which option below suggests that people in covered wagons experienced the conditions of the land.
Option A:
Mountains of froth and foam
Option B:
Their biscuits were tough.
Option C:
They knew the ruts and the rocks.
What is option C?
A theme is-
Theme is a statement about the moral or lesson learned in a text.
Figurative language helps contribute to text by-
Read the lines below.
I felt beaten splashing out to see/How little garden was left to me.
The poet uses these lines to show that the speaker feels-
What is defeated?
Little Man, Big Heart
The playwright includes paragraph 11 in order to-
what is to Reveal Tom Thumb’s character
Read the lines below.
Zach, normally as active as a fly in a doughnut shop, was on his stomach sleeping quietly.
What is the purpose of using the sensory language in the lines above?
What is Zach usually has a lot of energy.
How can the theme best be described in the drama, Little Man, Big Heart?
what is everyone has something to offer.
True or False
Figurative language, dialogue and staging, and imagery all contribute to the theme of both a play and a drama.
What is True?
In The Dance, by Garth Brooks, what is the dance being compared to?
Little Man, Big Heart
Based on the dialogue in paragraphs 59-68, how does Tom Thumb respond when King Arthur invites him to join the Round Table?
what is He questions his worthiness of the honor
Read the lines below.
As the tidal wave of customers trickled to a steam, Mom and Dad rushed into the deli.
What is the purpose of using the sensory language in the lines above?
what is to demonstrate to the reader that the number of the customers at the deli has become manageable.
How can the theme best be described in the story, Walking For My Life?
what is You can find courage in the face of fear.