Adverbs
Change the following adjective in the sentence to an adverb.
The magician performed (wonderful), leaving the audience amazed.
Wonderfully
Identify the adjective in the following sentence.
The tall giraffe gracefully streched its neck to reach the leaves.
tall
Which kind of play is known for having funny language and twists of phrases?
Comedy
What is known as the "backgrounds" and "locations" of a play?
Sets
Which vocabulary fits this definition:
Work put into something
Pain
Name an adverb that can be used to tell someone when something will happen.
Tommorow, Yesterday, Today, Later, Always...
Fill the blank with any adjective that fits the following sentence.
She wore a __________ dress that shimmered in the moonlight.
pretty, wonderfull, beautiful, etc.
What kind of play mixes both comic and tragic elements?
Tragicomedy
When a character in a play makes a speech to other characters.
Monologue
"What happened before something" fits the definition of a _____________.
Prologue
Explain the difference between an adverb and an adjective.
Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs and adjectives describe nouns or pronouns.
What three things can adjectives tell you?
How much, how many and what kind.
What kind of play is known for their main characters having a "fatal flaw"?
Tragedies
What do you call it when a character speaks to themselves to express their feelings and thought?
Soliloquy
What can be a synonym of commence?
begin, start
Come up with and adverb to fill the blank.
Despite the stormy weather, they completed the construction of the building ___________.
Succesfully, very well...
Change the adverb in this sentence to an adjective.
He completed the task efficiently, finishing before the due date.
He completed the task in a efficient way, finishing before the due date.
This kind of play is "exagerated" and has steretypical heroes, villains and mentors.
Melodrama
When a character pauses and speaks directly to the audience with none of the other characters noticing.
Aside
Fill the blank with the correct vocabulary word.
The audience was _________ with attention, fascinated by the incredible talent of the performers.
rapt
Chance the adjective in this sentence to an adverb.
The dog made a loud bark, alerting the neighbors to the intruder.
The dog barked loudly, alerting the neighbors to the intruder.
Name and explain the three kinds of adjectives discussed in class.
Absolute - The basic form
Comparative - Compares to things
Superlative - Is the highest degree
Give an example of a tragedy mentioned in class.
Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet...
Name all the parts of a drama as discussed in class. (5)
Sets, props, dialogue, cast of characters and stage directions.
Create a complete sentence using the word 'prospect', which means: the chance of something happening in the future
The kids were excited at the prospect of winning the game.