Dramatic Works and Performance · Speaking & Listening
Subtext and Dialogue
Investigating what characters leave unsaid and how tension is built through verbal interaction.
Key Questions
- 1How does a character's public persona differ from their private motivations shown in soliloquies?
- 2What role does silence play in conveying power dynamics between characters?
- 3How do colloquialisms and dialect establish the social setting of a play?
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
ON: Reading and Literature Studies - Grade 11ON: Oral Communication - Grade 11
Grade: Grade 11
Subject: Language Arts
Unit: Dramatic Works and Performance
Period: Speaking & Listening
Suggested Methodologies
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