Drama
Drama is a type of writing that is told in dialogue and written to be performed on a stage. Dramas are not written in paragraph form. The characters' names are written out, and the words they speak are written beside them. There are no quotation marks. In dramas, you will read special instructions that tell you what the stage should look like. The instructions also tell you how to speak and act.
There are two main types of drama.
A tragedy is a dramatic presentation of serious actions in which the chief character has a disastrous fate. Many have successful or happy endings and, a literary work can be classified as a tragedy whether or not it is realistic.
A comedy is a funny presentation using humor with an intent to provoke laughter. Comedy often portrays situations and characters that are ridiculous and not meant to be taken seriously.
Vocabulary
couplet:
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
sonnet
a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter
dialouge :
a conversation between characters
stage directions:
A playwright's descriptive or interpretive comments that provide readers (and actors) with information about the dialogue, setting, and action of a play
set:
scenery and staging of a dramatic production
A prologue :
is an opening to a story that establishes the setting and gives background details. Gives an overview of the whole story.
monologue:
a long, uninterrupted speech that is spoken in the presence of other characters
dramatic irony
the audience knows something that the characters in the drama do not
soliloquy:
a speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, along on stage, expresses his or her thoughts aloud
Pratice
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she;
Be not her naid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast if off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
What type of speech is used by Romeo in the following passage?
A. Monologue
B. Dialogue
C.Soliloquy
D.Aside
Now turn to page 104 in your purple books
Read " Spring Carnival" and answer questions one and two.
Read the play called " Spring Carnival" and answer questions one and two.