1.4 - Dialogue
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Practice Questions
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What is dialogue?
💡 Hint: Think about conversations between characters.
What does diction refer to?
💡 Hint: Consider what that tells us about their background.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary purpose of dialogue in drama?
💡 Hint: Think about how conversations affect the story's progress.
True or False: Subtext refers to the direct meaning of a character's words.
💡 Hint: Consider the difference between what characters say and what they mean.
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Challenge Problems
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Identify a play and analyze a specific dialogue segment. Discuss how it reveals character and advances the plot.
💡 Hint: Choose a segment where character emotions are palpable and motivations are clear.
Create a dialogue between two fictional characters that includes subtext. Explain what is implied but not stated.
💡 Hint: Use non-verbal cues to strengthen the subtext in your dialogue.
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