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Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art you talking about?

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art you talking about?. Lesson 6. Play vs Story. Romeo and Juliet structured as a play Play meaning a stage representation Story is told in a script format to be acted out on stage. Reading a Play. Six Parts Act Scene Stage Direction Character Dialogue

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Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art you talking about?

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  1. Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art you talking about? Lesson 6

  2. Play vs Story • Romeo and Juliet structured as a play • Play meaning a stage representation • Story is told in a script format to be acted out on stage

  3. Reading a Play Six Parts • Act • Scene • Stage Direction • Character • Dialogue • Parenthetical

  4. ACT I Scene 1: late morning, in a classroom Ms. A enters the room and calls for the class' attention. MS. A Okay ladies and gents, it's time to work on the bell ringer! Quietly begin while I take attendance! Ms. A begins to call out the names. Students begin working on the bell ringer, and call "here" when they hear their name. MS. A (looking around the room) Who wants to go up and do the bell ringer on the board for us? Anybody? STUDENT (annoyed) I guess I will... The student shuffles to the board and reluctantly grabs a marker. Scene heading/description Act Heading Character Stage Directions Dialogue Parenthetical

  5. Romeo & Juliet • Broken into 5 Acts • Multiple scenes within each act • Stage directions give us character’s actions, let us know what’s happening • Parenthetical tells us how a character is saying something, or what action they make while speaking

  6. Prologue: R + J • Spoken by Chorus (regular actor that speaks to audience) • Spoken directly to audience • Explains the premise of the story R+J • Overview of plot • Formatted in a certain way! 

  7. Exit Slip • Do you think love is worth dying for? Explain in one paragraph why or why not.

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