How does the resolution of Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street relate to the teleplay’s overall message?
Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.Each [house] the same in general style, the front porch, the gliders, the rest of it. Then suddenly the CAMERA STOPS on the last house in the line. There's a spot light set up on the porch and even in the daylight we can see it shining.CUT TO:38. CLOSE SHOT – THE SPOT LIGHT 38.CUT TO:39. REVERSE ANGLE – LOOKING TOWARD FACES OF THE PEOPLE 39.As they stare at it.MAN ONEThat's Les Goodman's house. He's got lights!40. PAN SHOT ACROSS FACES OF THE PEOPLE 40.As they stare, somehow caught up by this revelation and desperately frightened by it.
Read the excerpt from a short story.When Charlie Robbins showed up at the pool for swim team tryouts, Marquise Dawson laughed out loud. "When did you learn to swim," he shouted, "yesterday?" Brent Harris laughed and high-fived Marquise. John Frederick gave them both a look and motioned for Charlie to join him at the other side of the pool. Being the new kid always had its challenges, but Charlie had moved many times and knew how to handle boys like Marquise and Brent.Who is the protagonist in this story?
Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. TOMMYThat was the way they prepared things for the landing. They sent four people. A mother and a father and two kids who looked just like humans . . . but they weren't.There's another silence as Steve looks toward the crowd and then toward Tommy. He wears a tight grin.Based on the stage direction, the reader should visualize Steve as
Read the excerpt from “How I Learned English.”I fell back,Dazed, clutching my brow,Groaning, “Oh my shin, oh my shin,”And everybody peeled away from meAnd dropped from laughter, and there we were,All of us writhing on the ground for one reasonOr another.Which phrase from the excerpt allows readers to hear what is happening in the poem?
Read the stage direction from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.The crowd picks this up again and with it their suspicions come back with a rush. The murmur becomes a loud chant filling the air with accusations and demands for action. Two of the men pass Don right up the steps. Goodman flattens himself against the screen door.What does this stage direction tell the reader about Goodman’s viewpoint?
Which quotation is correctly punctuated and formatted?
Read the passage.“Show time!” hollered the music teacher.Raymond haltingly approached the stage. His knees knocked, and his hands trembled. He could feel beads of sweat collecting on his forehead. It was time for his solo violin performance. The stage director turned Raymond to face the stage and gave him a little shove. Now Raymond stood frozen in the center of the stage. The audience stared and waited expectantly.Somewhere from behind the side curtain, Raymond heard a faint voice. It was Pedro – his best friend. He was whispering words of encouragement. “You can do it. Close your eyes and let your hands work their magic.”Raymond obeyed and tightly closed his eyes. He lifted the violin and gently tucked it under his chin. His other hand holding the bow began skillfully dancing across the strings of his violin.At the end of his performance, the audience stood and clapped enthusiastically. Raymond opened his eyes as a big smile spread across his face. “I did it!” he thought while bowing to the cheering crowd.Who is the protagonist in this passage?
Read the paragraph.Several species of geese fly south in the winter to find food and mate. In fact, several geese from canada make their nests at Bartholomew park, which is only minutes from my home. My friends and I often take picnic lunches there to feed them and see their hatchlings. Of course, the number of birds in my area dwindles significantly once the seasons change.
Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.46. GROUP SHOT – ANOTHER ANGLE 46.As the people exchange looks. They've all arrived there on an emotion and when hit with a simple question of logic they can't answer.Which element of drama is most highlighted in this stage direction?
Read this sentence.Tori admitted, I told Kyle that someone was going to visit but refused to say who it was.Quotation marks should be placed
Which dialogue is correctly punctuated and formatted?
Which quotation is correctly punctuated and formatted?
Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.As they suddenly start toward the house. In this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. They begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. Steve stands in front of them. For a moment their fear almost turns their walk into a wild stampede but Steve's voice, loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop.STEVEWait a minute . . . wait a minute! Let's not be a mob!The people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.
Read the paragraph.Several species of geese fly south in the winter to find food and mates. In fact, several geese from canada make their nests at Bartholomew park, which is only minutes from my home. My friends and I often take picnic lunches there to feed them and see their hatchlings. Of course, the number of birds in my area dwindles significantly once the seasons change.
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