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drama
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selecting Language resources
Learning Targets
• Develop language resources to use in one’s speaking and writing about drama. • Use an expanded set of words to create precision while speaking and writing.
• Adjust language choices to suit the academic setting.
The chart presents words and phrases you will use in discussion and writing. Think about each word or phrase. Circle Q, H, or T to indicate how well you know it. Work with a partner, asking your partner to explain each word or phrase. Listen closely to the explanation, and then write your partner’s name in the In Our Own Words column along with his or her condensed idea.
ACtiVitY 3.1
Word ConneCtions
Roots and Affixes
The English root word in pentameter is pent. Pent means “five.” In iambic pentameter, there are five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables. By adding the ending –meter, which means “an instrument
or device that is used for measuring,” the meaning of the word changes to “a line of poetry that has five feet.”
Rating
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I have seen this word or phrase, but I have questions about its meaning.
I have heard this word or phrase, but do not know it well.
I know this word or phrase so well that I could teach it to someone else.
Word or Phrase
Definition
In our own Words
iambic pentameter
Rating Q H T
a rhythm in a line of poetry that has 10 unstressed/ stressed beats per line
inflection
Rating Q H T
the rise or fall of the sound of a person’s voice; a change in pitch or tone
rate
Rating Q H T
the speed or pace by which something is done
drama
Rating Q H T
a play that tells a story and is performed
oral interpretation
Rating Q H T
reading aloud literature while expressing meaning of the words
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