PARTS OF A PLAY

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PARTS OF A PLAY
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CHARACTERS

• THE PEOPLE OR ANIMALS IN A STORY OR PLAY they
  may be the kind of animals or people you see
  every day, or they may be imaginary

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SETTING

• WHEN AND WHERE A STORY OR PLAY HAPPENS

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PLOT

• THE SERIES OF EVENTS IN THE STORY OR PLAY it
  tells what happens

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TELL WHETHER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE
OF CHARACTER, SETTING, OR PLOT
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A HOUSE IN THE MOUNTAINS
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SETTING
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A POLICEWOMAN
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CHARACTER
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WINTER IN THE YEAR 2025
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SETTING
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A BIG PURPLE COW
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CHARACTER
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SOME CAMPERS HEAR NOISES
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PLOT
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A PUMPKIN FELL FROM THE SKY
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PLOT
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MY TWIN SISTER
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CHARACTER
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THE BASKETBALL SCORE WAS TIED
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PLOT
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LAST SUMMER ON THE FARM
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SETTING
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UNCLE SCOTT
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CHARACTER
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THREE LITERARY DEVICES

• FORESHADOWING
• IMAGERY
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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WHAT IS FORESHADOWING?

• The use of hints that something is going to
  happen later.
• Ex. Music does this well in a movie.

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WHAT IS IMAGERY?

• The use of words which allows one to create an
  image or a mental picture.
• Ex. The wheels are turning in his head.

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WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?

• Similes
• Metaphors
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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WHAT IS A SIMILE?

• A simile compares things using the words like
  or as.

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WHAT IS A METAPHOR?

• A metaphor makes a comparison between two things
  without using like or as.

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WHAT IS PERSONIFICATION?

• Personification is giving human qualities to
  animals or inanimate objects.

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WHAT IS HYPERBOLE?

• A hyperbole is an over-exaggeration.

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YOU DECIDE!!

• Is it an example of????
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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I tried a thousand times.

• hyperbole

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The ice talked, grinding its teeth, sending out
every now and then a singing crack.

• personification

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Hes a speed demon!

• metaphor

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She was smiling like a little baby with candy.

• simile

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The posters were selling like hotcakes.

• simile

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Her eyes were silver slits of granite.

• metaphor

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The wind whispered to them as they ran through
the woods.

• personification

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Ive eaten so much I could burst.

• hyperbole

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Jeffs hair is as red as a cardinal.

• simile

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The leaves danced in the wind.

• personification

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I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

• hyperbole