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DRAMA
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This is the first step in the reading process.
What is PREVIEW?
100
In this part of the strategy you look at the title and get a picture in your mind.
What is the PREVIEW strategy?
100
This is the way you mark your story when you are showing that you know where the answer came from.
What is Q1, Q2, etc.?
100
We're going to the beach, to the playground near the sea. To the sandbox near the fountain, beneath the big palm tree. The perfect site for best-friend fun, the spot for you and me. Here, we'll build a mighty castle on the playground near the sea. The first four lines of this poem are important because they- A. introduce the speaker's problem B. describe the setting C. ask the reader important questions D. identify the speaker's friend
What is B - describe the setting?
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This is the list of people that perform in the play.
Who are the characters?
200
This is the third step in the reading process.
What is CHARTS?
200
This is the part of the strategy where you draw a chart for a literary story.
What is a CSPS chart?
200
These are the four steps of the reading process.
What is PREVIEW, READ, CHART, ANSWER?
200
Then make the sand like towers; form walls that stretch up high. Add more water now and then; don't let that sand get dry! Our work is good but not quite done; care to give another try? This mighty sand castle has yet to reach the sky! In this stanza, the reader can conclude that the speaker- A. has more important tasks than finishing the sandcastle B. would rather build the sandcastle alone C. is not yet satisfied with the sandcastle D. is unsure of how the completed sandcastle should look
What is C - is not yet satisfied with the sandcastle?
200
These words, always in italics (slanted font), are important to a drama because they tell what is happening as well as describe the setting.
What are stage directions?
300
This is the MOST important part of the reading process and is the fourth step.
What is ANSWER and PROVE?
300
You look for 3 sets of these when trying to decide if your story is literary.
What are quotation marks?
300
This is a step you must do before you turn in your work!
What is double check it?
300
So let's skip on home to dinner, looking back once more to say, "We built a mighty sand castle on the playground on this day." These lines emphasize that the speaker most likely feels - A. worried that the sandcastle is not finished B. confused about what will happen to the sandcastle C. surprised by the height of the sandcastle D. pleased to have spent the day working on a sandcastle
What is D - pleased to have spent the day working on a sandcastle?
300
Not all dramas, or plays, have this person, but many do. This person sometimes helps the audience by describing what is happening behind the scenes.
Who is the narrator?
400
This is the chart you draw when you determine the story is informational.
What is the TMI chart?
400
You mark your story with this when you determine that it is NOT literary.
What is an I (informational)?
400
You should also do this step when marking your bubble sheet.
What is double check that you have marked the same answer as the one you chose?
400
Instead of paragraphs, poems have these?
What are stanzas?
400
This is what we call the written text of a drama or play.
What is the script?
500
This is the second part of the reading process where you do this with fluency and voice.
What is read?
500
You mark your story with this when you determine that it has at least three sets of quotation marks with dialogue.
What is L (literary)?
500
If you do this, your chances of getting the correct answers increases dramatically!
What is do all of your strategies?
500
Poetry can be in many forms. These two forms are the most common. One has words that have the same ending sounds and the other does not.
What are rhyme and free verse?
500
This is the term we use when we refer to the person who wrote the play.
Who is the playwright?
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