Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Pre-AP: Our Town Review
Terms to review:
- Dialogue
- Drama
- Metadrama Click here for metadrama definition and information
- Theme
- Tone
- Stage directions
- Setting
- Plot - Non-linear plot structure
Essential questions:
According to this dramatist:
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What things are ephemeral (lasting only a short
while) and what things should be remembered forever?
Motifs (repeated
symbols or ideas):
- Annotate the rest of the song to reflect the happenings in Act III. How does this song reflect the plot of the play? How does this song reflect its themes?
- What is the importance of the song “Blessed Be the Tie that Binds?”
- What natural cycles appear in this play? Explain the importance of these natural cycles. Birth/death, seasons/weather
- How is time used in this play? Who talks about it?
Theme:
- What makes this play universal? How does it apply to everyone?
- What universal messages does this play deliver? Be able to support this with quotations.
- Be ready to discuss and provide support for these themes:
o
The beauty in everyday objects and events
o
Humans should not go through life alone
Skills:
- Infer details about characterization from stage directions
- Infer details about characterization from dialogue
- Support an assertion with text evidence
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