Drama & Dramatic Techniques
What is a Dramatic Speech?
What are the words spoken by characters in a play?
What is character motivation?
What is the reason why a character acts or behaves in a certain way?
What is Mood?
What is the feeling or atmosphere created in a text?
What is the central idea of a text?
What is the main message or idea the author wants the reader to understand?
What is a rhetorical device?
What is a technique an author or speaker uses to strengthen their message?
What do we call the exchange of spoken words between two or more characters?
What is dialogue?
Why do authors include a character's motivation in a story or a play?
What is to help readers understand characters’ actions and decisions?
How does an author create mood in a text?
What is through word choice, descriptions, dialogue, and setting?
What is the author's purpose?
What is the reason the author wrote the text?
What is repetition?
What is repeating words or phrases for emphasis?
What are stage directions and what do they help explain?
What are instructions in a play that describe actions, movement, setting, or tone?
How can a character's dialogue reveal their motivation?
What is by showing their thoughts, feelings, goals, or desires through what they say?
What is diction?
What is an author’s choice of words?
Name one common author’s purpose.
What is to inform, persuade, describe, reflect, and entertain
What is a rhetorical question?
What is a question asked to make a point, not to get an answer?
What is dramatic irony?
What is when the audience knows something the characters do not?
How do a character's actions and words work together to show their motivation?
What is when both what a character says and does support their reasons for acting?
How does word choice (diction) affect the mood of a scene?
What is by creating certain emotions or feelings for the reader or audience?
How is central idea different from author’s purpose?
What is central idea is what the text is mostly about, while author’s purpose is why it was written?
Why do authors and speakers use rhetorical devices?
What is to persuade, emphasize ideas, or engage the audience?
How does dramatic irony increase tension or mood in a play?
What is by creating suspense or emotional tension because the audience knows what may happen next?
How can understanding a character’s motivation help readers better understand the central idea of a text?
What is by showing how characters’ choices connect to the message or lesson of the story?
Why might an author change diction throughout a text to shift the mood?
What is to match changes in events, emotions, or tension in the story?
How does an author’s purpose influence the central idea of a text?
What is because the purpose shapes what message or idea the author chooses to focus on?
How do rhetorical devices help strengthen an author’s message or central idea?
What is by making ideas clearer, more powerful, and more memorable?