Elements of Drama
When and where the story takes place?
What is Setting?
The reason the author writes something.
What is Author's Purpose?
Identify the type of figurative language:
CRASH! BAM! WOOF!
What is Onomatopoeia?
What point of view is a text that uses:
I,me, my,we, and us?
What is the 1st Person?
When is the setting and characters introduced?
What is Exposition?
When 2 character in a play have a conversation, that is called _____?
What is Dialogue?
What is the author's purpose?
You should really visit Western Playland. It is the best place in El Paso!
What is Persuade?
Identify the type of figurative language:
Peter Piper Pizza is the pizza people pick!
What is Alliteration?
Words that have the opposite meaning.
What is an Antonym?
What is Resolution?
What is the message or the moral of the story?
What is Theme?
What is the author's purpose?
One day I was picking blueberries for a pie and a big, hairy bear snuck up behind me.
What is Entertain?
Identify the type of figurative language:
I was swimming LIKE a dolphin at the pool.
What is Simile?
Words that have the same or similar meaning.
What is Synonym?
What is the turning point of a story?
What is Climax?
What is the main character and the person that goes against them called?
What is the author's purpose?
Just like human fingerprints, no two dogs' nose prints are the alike.
What is Inform?
Identify the type of figurative language:
The sun smiled happily and greeted us.
What is Personification?
What does RACE stand for?
R-restate the question
A-answer the question
C-cite evidence
E-explain what it means
The order in which things happens in a story.
What is Sequence of Events?
What is the text of a play called?
What is Script?
What is the author's purpose?
The iPhone is the best phone ever made. I think everyone should own one!
What is to Persuade?
Identify the type of figurative language:
I was dying of laughter during the movie!
What is Hyperbole?
To draw a conclusion by using text evidence & connecting to what you already know.
What is an Inference?
What are the 5 elements of a plot diagram?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution