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stage directions
dialogue
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Keep the Size Focus
iI Drama is a play to be read or performed on a stage. Readers learn the
story by understanding what the characters say to one another. The actual words the characters say is called dialogue. Stage directions tell what the characters do.
Drama
PRINTING PRACTICE
character KATIA: (in a voice filled with terror) Mom! Dad! DAD: (entering with MOM) What is it, Kat?
KATIA: They said on TV that Lela Ramos is missing.
Rewrite the following as a play. Use manuscript writing, or printing. Don’t forget stage directions.
“Please come in here,” Dad called from the kitchen.
Gabriela sauntered into the kitchen. “What’s up?” she asked.
“I’ll tell you what’s up,” Dad said as he pointed to the counters.
“Oops,” said Gabriela, as she looked at her toes. “Guess I forgot to clean up after I made nachos.”
DAD:
GABRIELA:
DAD:
GABRIELA:
Keep the Size When you use manuscript writing, you have a midline to guide the size of your Focus small letters. Do your small letters touch the midline? Do your tall letters touch the
skyline?
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