Dramatic Structure
A drama is also known as a ________.
What is a play?
What is flashback?
These are clues within the text that can help you figure out the meaning if a word.
What are context clues?
The "sentence" of a poem is called a _______. The "paragraph" of a poem is called a __________.
What are line and stanza?
Reading the background, skimming for vocabulary, and identifying the type of text are all part of this reading process.
What is previewing the text?
The words spoken by a character in a drama is known as this.
What is dialogue?
This is the main problem in a story.
What is conflict?
This is the feeling that a word creates. Not to be confused with "denotation" which is the actual meaning of a word.
What is connotation?
The rhythm of a poem.
What is meter?
What is paraphrasing?
These are what the actor uses to figure out what to do or how to say their lines.
What are stage directions?
This type of conflict occurs inside of a character's mind. It normally involves the characters feelings or a decision the character has to make.
What is internal conflict?
The word "dank" has a __________ connotation.
What is negative?
A set of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is a metrical foot?
Marking a text to track your thinking
What is annotating?
This dramatic element helps reveal a character's traits and thoughts. It can also contribute to the plot.
What is dialogue?
This type of conflict occurs outside of a character. It could be a conflict with another character, society, or nature.
What is external conflict?
What is positive?
The metric foot used in this line of poetry:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning Bright.
What is trochaic?
It may be necessary to do this if you are unsure about the meaning of a text.
What is reread?
This dramatic element reveals a deeper understanding of the characters and provides what is needed to move the plot.
What are stage directions?
True or false: A story can only have 1 theme.
What is false?
Words that help you understand the organization of a text.
What are signal words?
The metric foot used in this line of poetry:
I saw a dimpled spider
What is iambic?
What you can do after reading a question about a text but before looking at the answer choices.
What is think about how you would answer the question?