FANTASY – highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life

A. Low fantasy – setting and characters seem realistic except something beyond the realm of nature is happening (Ex. animals talking)

B. High Fantasy – either the setting, the characters, or both are supernatural

Literary Terms

Allegory – a story in which the characters and plot are designed to have meaning beyond the obvious and to teach a moral lesson

Ex. In The Phantom Tollbooth, Milo represents all young people who are bored and do not understand the value of education.

ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

• ACTS – units of action in a drama, often divided into smaller parts called SCENES

TYPES OF DRAMA• Comedy – a form of drama that has a

happy ending. The humor often comes from the characters’ dialogue. Comedies can be written purely for entertainment, but can also be used to address serious issues

• TRADEGY – a form of drama in which events lead to the downfall of the main character.

• SCREENPLAYS – scripts from which films are produced; include camera angles and more variety of scenes than stage plays

• TELEPLAY – screenplay written for television

• DIALOGUE – the words actors say

Blah, blah, blah!

SCRIPT – a printed form of a play; instead of using quotation marks, the words of each character appear next to the character’s name

Mary: Is it true that Sue has been datingBob, my one true love?Karen: Yes, she’s an evilslut!

Stage Directions

• Sets of bracketed information that tell what the stage looks like and how the actors should move and speak

[Mary screams and runs off stage right.]

The Set

• The construction on stage that suggests the time and place of the action

Props

• The moveable items like a book, a suitcase, or a flashlight, that the actors use to make their actions seem realistic