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What are stage directions in a play?
- a list of the cast of characters for each scene
- detailed descriptions of the play’s settings
- instructions for how to construct backdrops
- descriptions of characters’ actions, gestures, etc.
Stage directions appear before or within lines of dialogue and describe characters’ actions, gestures, and facial expressions.
Stage directions appear before or within lines of dialogue and describe characters’ actions, gestures, and facial expressions.
Stage directions appear before or within lines of dialogue and describe characters’ actions, gestures, and facial expressions.
Stage directions appear before or within lines of dialogue and describe characters’ actions, gestures, and facial expressions.
Which is NOT a way that a play differs from a short story or novel?
- A story may include long descriptions, but a play has only brief ones.
- A story has a plot, but a play has a series of unrelated scenes.
- A play has a different structure and format than a short story.
- A play typically includes more characters than a short story.
A work of drama has a plot, just as prose stories do.
A work of drama has a plot, just as prose stories do.
A work of drama has a plot, just as prose stories do.
A work of drama has a plot, just as prose stories do.
What conflict does Skye face in A Very Long Night?
- She wants to eat only cake like Arwen and Callen do.
- She feels that she has to choose between Mama and Gram.
- She struggles to accept her mother’s rules and expectations.
- She feels caught in the middle of Arwen and Callen’s fighting.
The main conflict of the play is Skye’s battle of wills with her mother over schoolwork and dinner. Skye wants to be free to play, but her mother wants her to succeed in school.
The main conflict of the play is Skye’s battle of wills with her mother over schoolwork and dinner. Skye wants to be free to play, but her mother wants her to succeed in school.
The main conflict of the play is Skye’s battle of wills with her mother over schoolwork and dinner. Skye wants to be free to play, but her mother wants her to succeed in school.
The main conflict of the play is Skye’s battle of wills with her mother over schoolwork and dinner. Skye wants to be free to play, but her mother wants her to succeed in school.
What feature of a play helps shape its structure?
- The author of a play has complete control over its sets.
- A play is written to be performed by actors on a stage.
- Unlike a story, a play can only have one simple setting.
- In general, plays have more characters than stories.
A play is written to be performed on a stage. Thus, it includes a cast of characters, notes on setting, and stage directions to guide the actors as they read the dialogue.
A play is written to be performed on a stage. Thus, it includes a cast of characters, notes on setting, and stage directions to guide the actors as they read the dialogue.
A play is written to be performed on a stage. Thus, it includes a cast of characters, notes on setting, and stage directions to guide the actors as they read the dialogue.
A play is written to be performed on a stage. Thus, it includes a cast of characters, notes on setting, and stage directions to guide the actors as they read the dialogue.
Which sentence describes a complication in the plot of A Very Long Night?
- Gram develops a serious illness during the night.
- Mama reveals that she knows who Arwen is.
- Skye learns that Arwen, too, has valuable qualities.
- Arwen and Callen give Skye lots of cake to eat.
Skye learns something important about Arwen and also about herself.
Skye learns something important about Arwen and also about herself.
Skye learns something important about Arwen and also about herself.
Skye learns something important about Arwen and also about herself.
Which is a main idea, or theme, of the play?
- Each of us is a complicated mixture of traits.
- Children must always obey their parents.
- Eating only sweets will make a person sick.
- It’s unsafe to wander into the woods alone.
Skye learns that she―like Arwen and Mama―is a complex mixture of traits.
Skye learns that she―like Arwen and Mama―is a complex mixture of traits.
Skye learns that she―like Arwen and Mama―is a complex mixture of traits.
Skye learns that she―like Arwen and Mama―is a complex mixture of traits.
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