monologue
Writing Strategies
Central Ideas
Test Structure
Name that Text!
100

What is a monologue?

The word is based on two Greek words: “monos” that means single or alone and “logos” that means word or speech. So a monologue is when one character is speaking without any other characters talking.

100

Name the following writing strategy:

"Does my voice pierce the frozen earth and reach you in the kingdom below? I’ll breathe my warm breathupon the soil, thaw just a patch."

What is "metaphor"?

100

Is the following a central idea?

Macbeth is sad.

What is "no"?

100

What do you do if you don't know the answer of a multiple choice on the test?

What is "guess"? What is "eliminate wrong answers"?

What is "reread"?

100

It is a story about a women who kills her children

What is "Medea"?

200

What is one purpose of a monologue?

  • Expressing an inner conflict
  • Pursuing the answer to a rhetorical question; arguing both sides of an internal debate
  • Describing how he views himself
  • Describing how he views the world
200

Name the following writing strategy:

"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow"

What is "repetition"

200

Name a central idea for "Medea"?

Example:

What is "respect the gods" or "love turns to hate" or something else cool.

200

Should you read the text or the questions first for multiple choice?

What is "read questions first"?

200

The character is a mother who loses her child to Hades.

What is “Persephone and Demeter”?

300

What is one of the qualities you must have in your monologue?

  • An opening that engages the audience.
  • Setting
  • Character qualities
  • Conflict or problem
  • How the character works through the problem.
300

"Out, out, brief candle!" uses symbolism to show?

Life is short, and sometimes you want it to end if you feel you have made the wrong choices in life.

300

What should you avoid using when creating a central idea?

What is "character names"?

300

How many multiple choice are there on the test?

What is "24"?

300

He is sick of life because he made a mistake and can not take it back?

What is “Macbeth”?

400

How do you prepare for a monologue?

  • Memorization: What strategies will you use to memorize your monologue?
  • Physicality: What is the nature of your characters physicality and how will you achieve this?
  • Vocal: What is interesting about your character’s voice? How will you make change your voice to suit your character?
  • Voice Projection: What techniques will you use to project your voice in the AV room? How will you know you are loud enough?
  • Items you will need: What props, furniture, and/or costumes will you need to have to make your monologue a success?
400

Name the writing strategy:

"Go, worker in evil, stained with your children’s blood."


What is "imagery"?
400

Rewrite the central idea of the "Persephone and Demeter" to make it a stronger theme.

 Demeter loved her daughter.

What is "A mother's love"?

400

Which part of the test is skipped in English regents?

Part 2- Argumentative essay

400

He kills the king?

What is "Macbeth"?

500

What two monologue will be on the final?

Macbeth and Medea

500

NAME A WRITING STRATEGY AND ANALYZE IT FROM THE FOLLOWING QUOTE

"Ah! no, not it I had ten thousand words of shame Could I sting you. You are naturally so brazen.” 

EXAMPLE:

What is "characterization"? What is "__________ is characterized as _________ to show ___________"

3 point- writing strategy/context/analysis

500

What is a central idea that appears in more than one text we have read?

Example:

What is "pain and suffering in life" or something else equally cool. 

500

What do you have to write about for part 3

What is "2-3 paragraphs about a writing strategy and a central idea"?

500

Who poems describe the mother and the daughter's story from "Persephone and Demeter?"

What is Rita Doves, "Persephone falling" and "The Search"

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