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Reading End of Year Final Exam

Reading End of Year Final Exam. MRS. ORCHARD’S READING CLASS. Drama Terms part 1. Playwright - an author of a play. Script -written form of a play. Acts - units of action in a play. Scenes - parts of an act. Characterization - the playwright’s technique of creating believable characters.

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Reading End of Year Final Exam

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  1. Reading End of Year Final Exam MRS. ORCHARD’S READING CLASS

  2. Drama Terms part 1 • Playwright- an author of a play. • Script-written form of a play. • Acts- units of action in a play. • Scenes- parts of an act. • Characterization- the playwright’s technique of creating believable characters.

  3. Drama Terms part 2 • Dialogue- • Words that characters say. • Words that characters speak appear next to their names. • Much of what you learn about the play is revealed through dialogue. • Stage Directions • Bracketed information that tells the cast, crew, and readers of the play about sound effects, actions, and sets. • The information can also describe a characters gestures or emotions.

  4. Drama Terms Part 3 • Monologue- a long uninterrupted speech that is spoken by a single character. • Set –scenery on the stage that suggests the time and place of an action. • Props –small portable items that make actions look realistic.

  5. Literary Devices • Irony- • Dramatic Irony – This occurs when the reader or audience understands more about the events of a story than a character. • Situational Irony – This occurs when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate. • Verbal Irony – A character says one thing but really means the opposite. • Satire-something meant to make fun of and show the weaknesses of human nature or a particular person.

  6. Figurative Language • Simile- uses like or as to compare two unlike things. • Metaphor- describes one thing as if were another. • Personification- gives human qualities to something that is not human. • Hyperbole- exaggeration • Onomatopoeia- words that sound like their meaning.

  7. Sound Devices • Alliteration-repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. • Assonance-repetition of certain vowel sound followed by different consonants in stressed syllables • Repetition-repeated use of sound, word, or phrase. • Rhyme-close similarity in the final sounds of two or more words or lines of verse • Rhythm- a flow of rising and falling sounds in language that is produced in verse by a regular repeating of stressed and unstressed syllables.

  8. Anne Frank (the play) • Characters • Plot • Conflict • Main Events and Details

  9. Character List • Anne Frank • Mr. Otto Frank • Mrs. Edith Frank • Margot Frank • MiepGies • Mrs. Van Daan • Mr. Van Daan • Peter Van Daan • Mr. Albert Dussel • Mr. Kraler

  10. To Kill a Mockingbird • Characters • Plot • Conflict • Main Events and Details

  11. Character List • Scout (Jean Louise) Finch • Jem Finch • Atticus Finch • Calpurnia • Dill Harris • Aunt Rachel (or) Miss Rachel • “Boo” Radley • Miss Stephanie Crawford • Miss Caroline Fisher • Walter Cunningham • Mr. Ewell • Miss Maudie Atkinson • Tom Robinson • Aunt Alexandra • Jack Finch • Heck Tate • Mrs. DuBose • Mayella Ewell • Reverend Sykes • Mr. Underwood

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