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Tell the meaning of the underlined words

using the pictures beside them as clues.

She cooked a toadstool soupto kill her husband.

- is simply a mushroom/fungus, typically in the

form of a rounded cap on a stalk, especially onethat is believed to be inedible or poisonous

The restaurant was full of

clanging silverwares.- also means eating utensils, especiallysilver-colored ones


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Mrs. Brown was charged of

homicide.

- an act of a human killing another

human.

FX was used to make the

scenes more realistic.

- short for Sound effects (or audio effects);are artificially created or enhanced sounds,or sound processes used to emphasize

artistic or other content of films, television

shows, live performance, animation, video

games, music, or other media.


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5. The narrator spoke

with a calm yet full

voice.

- a person who narrates something,

especially a character who recounts

the events of a novel or narrative

poem.


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Radio Drama


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What is a radio drama/play?

Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play,

radio play, radio theater) is a dramatized,

purely acoustic performance, broadcast on

radio or published on audio media, such astape or CD.


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Characters- The people about whom the drama is

created.

Components of a Drama


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Plot - The chain of events or actions.


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Setting- The place(s) and time(s) during which

the action takes place.


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Theme - The emotional focus of the drama.


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Structure of a Drama


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Now lets listen to an example of radio drama


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Activity

Group 1Seven Deadly Sins2The Dancers

3The World is an Apple

4The Love of Virgil and Cely5Cadaver

CRITERIA: DeliverySound Effects/Music

Cooperation

Coherence


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Choose the letter of the correct

answer.

1. They are the people whom the drama is

created

a. plot b. characters c. actors

2. It is a drama played in the radio with sound

effects and music.

a. radio play/drama b. radio theatre c. radio

opera3. It is the chain of events or actions

a. sequence b. plot c. theme


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4. The beginning of a drama

a. climax b. denouement c. exposition

5. It is where the drama progresses and theconflict develops

a. Rising action b. falling action c.

conclusion

6. The conflict is intense and something

must happen to end it

a. Rising action b. climax c. falling


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7. The dramatic conflict is resolved

a. Rising action b. falling action c.

resolution

8. This is the ending where the loose ends

of the story are tied up.

a. Rising action b. denouement c. falling

action

9. The component of drama which reflects

the universal moral value or emotion.


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10. Choose the correct sequence of the five

structure of drama

a. Exposition, climax, rising action, falling action,

resolution

b. Exposition, rising action, falling action, climax,

resolution

c. Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action,resolution

d. Exposition, climax, rising action, resolution,

falling action


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Assignment

Read and Study A Chinese Drama: Whose Bride

is She? By Cheng Chin Hsuing, pp. 190-210

1.What is a Chinese drama?

2.Why is arranged/fixed marriage important to the

Chinese culture?

3.How is Chinese drama presented?

4.Give 2 examples of a Chinese drama.

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