Elements of Drama
People involved in the plot
What are Characters?
Helen learning how to communicate despite her limitations is an example of this theme.
What is Overcoming Hardship?
TWO ANSWERS:
These events have shaped the person Helen becomes at the BEGINNING of the play.
What kind of person is Helen?
Being deaf and blind, unable to communicate, being pitied by her family
Spoiled, stubborn, emotionally unregulated, lonely.
What is Exposition?
Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
What is dialogue?
Events that occur over the course of the story
What is Plot?
What is Impact of Education?
TWO ANSWERS
1. These events from her past shape the person Annie becomes (at least 2).
2. What kind of person is she?
1. What is being partially blind, losing her bother, growing up in an asylum (poor house), learning from Mr. Anagnos
2. She is strong, witty, down-to-earth, stubborn, haunted, caring, and determined.
"Annie arrives on the Keller homestead and meets Helen" is this part of the plot.
What is Inciting Incident?
A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.
What is characterization?
Inspiration, recurring theme, message
What is Thought?
James standing up to his father is an example of this theme.
What is Overcoming Hardship?
This type of character in a narrative is not a main character, but he/she is still important to the plot of the story.
What is a supporting character?
"At the water pump, Helen finally realizes that Annie's signs are words" is this part of the plot of The Miracle Worker.
What is the Climax?
The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
What is tone?
The play’s visuals
What is Spectacle?
Annie learning how to love Helen through their lessons is an example of this theme.
What is Language Brings Community?
This is an example of a supporting character.
Who is Martha, Percy, James, Aunt Ev, or Captain Keller?
"Annie taking Helen to the garden shed to teach her" is an example of this part of the plot.
What is rising action?
According to Sinead Burke, _______ does not just name our society. It shapes it.
What is language?
TWO ANSWERS (MUST GET BOTH CORRECT FOR POINTS)
1. Use of sound and silence
2. Word choice used by the stage directions and the character dialogue
1. What is Melody?
2. What is Diction?
Helen's mother learning the 26 gestures in the ASL alphabet is an example of this theme.
What is Impact of Education?
TWO ANSWERS
These events have shaped James into the person he is at the start of the play.
What kind of person is he?
1. What is losing his mother, not able to communicate with his father?
2. Sarcastic, frustrated, bitter, witty
Annie finally admitting "Annie loves Helen, forever and ever" is this part of the plot of The Miracle Worker.
What is the Resolution?
According to Sinead Burke, "__________is a way in which we can feel included in the world, but it is also a way in which we can uphold a person's dignity and their human rights."
What is design?