Genre
A children's story about magical beings and lands
fairy tale
This movie, adapted from a book, follows Stanley Yelnats as he tries to break his families curse at a dentention camp for boys
what is Holes
The king who wants to marry Princess Fiona, but doesnt want to rescue her himself
Farquaad
The background, time, and place of where the action of a story, play, movie, or show takes place. It's the where and when of a story.
Setting
The VISUAL BACKGROUND on a stage that tells you where the action is taking place.
scenery/set
Most stories fall into this genre. The text is made up, or a product of the imagination.
fiction
This show, based on a book, features a dog who rescues a boy from a well after alerting his family with barking (a well is sort of a hole)
Lassie
Tortured by Faarquad to get information about the muffin man
Gingy
It's WHO the story is about. It can be people or animals.
Characters
It's something that actors WEAR to LOOK LIKE their characters and to make themselves as more believable as those characters.
costume/makeup
This type of writing is true, factual, informative and persuasive.
non fiction
this story begins with a literal fall down a rabbit hole before ending up in a fantasy world with a white rabbit, the queen of hearts and a cheshire cat
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
In the movie- what shape is on Shrek's outhouse door in the opening scene
moon/crescent
The SERIES OF EVENTS of a story; the BEGINNING, MIDDLE, and END.
plot
Anything the actors touches or uses during a play.
prop
The two sub-genres are comedy and tragedy.
drama
In Matilda, Bruce Bogtrotter, eats a WHOLE _____ in front of the entire school as a punishment from Miss Trunchbull
chocolate cake
What song is performed by the entire ensemble at the end of the show
I'm a Believer
It is the written version of a play, movie, or show. Actors learn their lines from this and it tells them what to do and say. It describes all the details about the story.
a script
This is SOMETHING WE HEAR that is sometimes used in plays, movies, or shows TO CREATE A CERTAIN MOOD OR FEELING (such as suspense or fear).
sound effect, music
A hero goes on a quest, along the way they meet other characters and face other challenges before ultimately completing their quest successfully
adventure
Which author created Middle Earth, the seven rings of power (a ring is sort of a hole), and wrote The Hobbit
JRR Tolkien
In the Shrek book (from last week) there is no Faarquad, instead another character tells Shrek that his princess is out their waiting for him to find her
A STRUGGLE OR PROBLEM a character must solve by the end of the story or play. It is usually someone or something that tests, or challenges, a character.
conflict
A speech made by ONE character who speaks to a silent listener or an audience. as opposed to two or more actors in conversation with each other.
a monologue