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What is exposition?
Response: text that introduces the audience to the characters and physical setting -
Which dialogue is properly formatted for a play?
Response: OLIVIA: Like under your bed.
RYAN: Or in a closet.
STEPHEN: Oh, Mitch, aren’t you embarrassed that you hate storms when Storm is your own last name? -
Select the correct answers from the lists.
Response: Playwrights use exposition to introduce a setting, characters, and a conflict or problem. They use dialogue to tell what characters do or think and to provide information about lighting, scenery, and other effects. -
The play is set in New England in 1866. Why is this important to the structure of the play?
Response: The Civil War had just ended, and the North was a safer place than the South for women who were fighting for voting rights for all. -
Refer to the stage direction that shows Rebecca kneeling at Mama’s feet. What structural part of the play does this stage direction and dialogue represent?
Response: rising action
What is exposition?(1 point)
Responses
text that introduces the audience to the characters and physical setting
text that introduces the audience to the characters and physical setting
the moment when the energy between characters has reached its most intense pitch
the moment when the energy between characters has reached its most intense pitch
the moment when the conflict is resolved
the moment when the conflict is resolved
what happens in the aftermath of the climax
what happens in the aftermath of the climax
Which dialogue is properly formatted for a play?(1 point)
Responses
OLIVIA: Like under your bed.
RYAN: Or in a closet.
STEPHEN: Oh, Mitch, aren’t you embarrassed that you hate storms when Storm is your own last name?
OLIVIA: Like under your bed. RYAN: Or in a closet. STEPHEN: Oh, Mitch, aren’t you embarrassed that you hate storms when Storm is your own last name?
Olivia said, “Like under your bed.”
“Or in a closet,” Ryan offered.
Stephen added, “Oh, Mitch, aren’t you embarrassed that you hate storms when Storm is your own last name?”
Olivia said, “Like under your bed.” “Or in a closet,” Ryan offered. Stephen added, “Oh, Mitch, aren’t you embarrassed that you hate storms when Storm is your own last name?”
OLIVIA: “Like under your bed.”
RYAN: “Or in a closet.”
STEPHEN: “Oh, Mitch, aren’t you embarrassed that you hate storms when Storm is your own last name?”
OLIVIA: “Like under your bed.” RYAN: “Or in a closet.” STEPHEN: “Oh, Mitch, aren’t you embarrassed that you hate storms when Storm is your own last name?”
Like under your bed. Or in a closet.
“Oh, Mitch, aren’t you embarrassed that you hate storms when Storm is your own last name?”
Select the correct answers from the lists.(1 point)
Playwrights use
to introduce a setting, characters, and a conflict or problem. They use
to tell what characters do or think and to provide information about lighting, scenery, and other effects.
Sojourner Truth
by Joanna Evans
The fight for suffrage drives a wedge between a spirited young woman and her mother. . . .
Characters
NARRATOR
REBECCA, 17 years old
MAMA, her mother
BEFORE RISE: NARRATOR enters, addresses audience.
NARRATOR: Did you know that women in the United States weren’t allowed to vote until 1920? That’s when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, extending voting rights to all women. If you do your math, you’ll find that women couldn’t vote for nearly 150 years after our nation was created out of the Revolutionary War. . .talk about injustice!
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Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
The play is set in New England in 1866. Why is this important to the structure of the play?
(1 point)
Responses
The Civil War had just ended, and the North was a safer place than the South for women who were fighting for voting rights for all.
The Civil War had just ended, and the North was a safer place than the South for women who were fighting for voting rights for all.
The 19th amendment was ratified in 1866 in Seneca Falls, New York, making it an important place in the fight for women’s suffrage.
The 19th amendment was ratified in 1866 in Seneca Falls, New York, making it an important place in the fight for women’s suffrage.
The Civil War was raging 1866, and New England was a safer place than the South for women to speak about ending slavery and gaining voting rights for all.
The Civil War was raging 1866, and New England was a safer place than the South for women to speak about ending slavery and gaining voting rights for all.
The 15th amendment was passed in 1866 in New England, giving women the right to vote.
Sojourner Truth
by Joanna Evans
The fight for suffrage drives a wedge between a spirited young woman and her mother. . . .
Characters
NARRATOR
REBECCA, 17 years old
MAMA, her mother
BEFORE RISE: NARRATOR enters, addresses audience.
NARRATOR: Did you know that women in the United States weren’t allowed to vote until 1920? That’s when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, extending voting rights to all women. If you do your math, you’ll find that women couldn’t vote for nearly 150 years after our nation was created out of the Revolutionary War. . .talk about injustice!
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Question
Use the passage and instruction paragraph to answer the question.
Refer to the stage direction that shows Rebecca kneeling at Mama’s feet. Rebecca pleads with her mother to come with her to hear Truth speak.
What structural part of the play does this stage direction and dialogue represent?
(1 point)
Responses
falling action
falling action
rising action
rising action
exposition
exposition
climax
climax
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