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Class March 9th
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Groups
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Group 1
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Devonte
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Chastity
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Lee-Anna
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Moonie
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Schwaniqua
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Joshane
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Maurisa
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Tamoy
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Group 2
Group 4
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Abigail
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Aniah
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Amanda
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Zaqan
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Samuel
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Destiny
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Diedreanna
Group 3
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Nature
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Isaiah
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Kaci-Ann
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Krystal
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Anthony
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Janeisha
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Group 5
Please turn in
your extra credit
assignment.
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Agenda
Review
Group
Next
Chapter 3
Quiz
Class
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Email Etiquette
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Always, always, always respond to any email that is sent to
you IF
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It is from a professor,
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It is from someone in the Star office
When writing an email:
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Be sure to include something in the subject box that is relevant,
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In the email itself: you are writing a letter; you should have an
address, a body paragraph, and sign your name at the end
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Be brief but ask what you need
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Example
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Subject: Quick Question
Dear Prof. Elms,
I wasn’t able to find the link for our class website. Would you
mind emailing it me?
Thank You,
Cassidy Elms
*However, this question could probably be answered by
someone in class.
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Chapter 3 Review
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How does the experience of reading a play differ from seeing it
performed?
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Reading=using every part of imagination to create the play
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Performance=only have bring your Willing Suspension of Disbelief
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Vocabulary:
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Story
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Plot
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Events that happen/mentioned in the play
Structure of the events
Conflict
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Struggles and obstacles for the character to overcome
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Madge’s conflict? To turn away from her family to embrace her
desires.
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The character that represents her conflict? Flo
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Chapter 3 Review
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Dramatic Structure
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The frame/support that the playwright uses to shape the action
Climatic Structure/Aristotelian Plot
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Tight-knit form, limits the scope of events, time, and number of
characters
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Climax: the point
of the highest
emotional intensity
Point of
Attack:
where the
action
begins
Inciting
Incident:
sets conflict
in motion
Exposition:
telling the
background
story
Denouement: final
resolution of the conflict
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Climatic Structure/Modern Script
Climax
Inciting
Point of Incident
Attack
Exposition
Denouement
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Chapter 3 Review
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Deux ex Machina
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In Ancient Greek Theatre, playwrights might use “a god from the
machine” to resolve a problem
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I.E. A character could fly off to heaven instead of being charged
for a crime
Foreshadowing
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Hints about events to come
Cliffhanger
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An event that is not fully resolved; leaves the audience guessing
about what might happen next
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Chapter 3 Review
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Episodic Structure
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Subplot/Parallel Plots
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Main plot that is echoed in a minor or 2nd plot
Circular Structure
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Early point of attack, events not necessarily related, high tension, less
restricted than climatic
Takes place over longer period of time and could have more than one
location
Could have more than one plot
A play that ends where it begins
Serial Structure
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Composed of a series of scenes that don’t follow a continuous story
Could contain many different scenes that don’t necessarily connect
except through theme
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Chapter 3 Review
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Protagonist
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Antagonist
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Embody significant human traits
I.E. “The nerd”, “The pretty one”, “The mother”
Psychological Characters
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Against the protagonist
Directly interrupts the desires of the protagonist
Someone fighting against good
Archetypal Characters
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Lead role
Someone fighting for good
Characters created from the mind of the playwright
Difficult to fully understand them
Stock Characters
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Opposite of Psychological Characters
Defined by external qualifications: class, occupation, marital status
I.E. “The jealous ex-wife”, “The sarcastic waiter”
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Chapter 3 Review
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Subtext
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Meter
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Words that express feeling through their sound
I.E. Pop, slap, gallop
Assonance
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Patterns of stress/unstressed syllables
Shakespeare’s text uses specific meter called “iambic pentameter” (10 beats per line)
I.E. To BE or NOT to BE that IS the QUES-tion
Onomatopoeia
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What lies under the text
Saying something but meaning something else or something more
Repetition of vowel sounds; could be rhyming but doesn’t have to be
A, E, I, O, U, (Y)
Me, bleeding, piece, meek
Indicates emotional state
Alliteration
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Repetition of consonant sounds; doesn’t have to be the first letter
All letters except vowels
Tide, times/fury, fierce, strife
Tells the story and sometimes emotion
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Group Quiz
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TWO SECTIONS:
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Section 1
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Analyze Picnic according to Dramatic Structure
Section 2
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Analyze a bit of Shakespeare to identify any:
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Onomatopoeia
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Assonance
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Alliteration
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Next Class
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Wednesday, March 11th
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Bengal Tiger is NOT in yet so…..
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Please read Think Theatre Chapter 10