Figurative Language
“The snow is a white blanket.” Is an example of…
A metaphor
Part 1: The author of a drama is called the…
Part 2: Who is the author of the drama “Akita Speaks Up?”
Playwright, Fran Hodgkins
Why is Constance at Mr. Morse’s desk most of the play?
She wants to make sure that she gets her way
The person who writes a poem is known as…
The poet
“ The car zoomed, zipped and zigzagged past the zoo.” Is an example of both…
Onomatopoeia and alliteration
What is dialogue? Give one example from “Akita Speaks up”
They words spoken by the characters
Examples will vary
Bonus: What punctuation is dialogue sometimes found between?
What does line 10 tell the reader about Constance?
She has a temper when she doesn’t get her way
Part 1: What is the structure of a poem made of?
Part 2: What is the structure of a drama made of?
1) Stanzas and lines
2) Acts and scenes
“The rain ran rapidly down my windshield.” Is an example of both-
Personification and Alliteration
Why does the play “Akita Speaks Up” have more than one scene?
There are multiple settings
Bonus: How many settings and scenes does the play have? What are the settings?
What does the word format mean in line 2?
The way something is arranged or organized
If the drama performed what would you call…
1) The people who perform the drama
2) The people watch the drama
3) The people behind the scenes
The cast- actors and actresses
The audience
The crew
“Hannah happily hit the hay.” Is an example of both…
Alliteration and an Idiom
Underline all the examples of stage directions in the play. Then write two examples on your white board.
Answers will vary.
(Anxiously), (rolls her eyes), (shrugs), (sighs)
Bonus: How many stage directions total are in the drama?
How is the play’s conflict resolved?
Akita compromises with Constance by saying they can do a movie, where Constance writes and sings a song for the movie.
Find at least 3 words in the drama “Akira Speaks Up” that have a suffix that means “present tense”
Waiting, waving, turning, talking, beaming, sitting, listening
Bonus: What part of speech are these all examples of?
“She is as skinny as a toothpick.” Is an example of both…
A simile and a hyperbole
Lines 1, 7, 15, 21, and 23 in the drama “Akira Speaks Up” are all examples of…
A description (sets the scene of the play)
Which line of Dialogue from Constance reveals that she is Vain?
Line 6
In line 2 of “Akira Speaks” up it says the students must do a biography project.
There are 2 roots in the word biography. What are they and what do they mean?
Bio- life
Graph- write
Bonus: What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography? What words might you find in each?