Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Final Exam Prep and Review

IB Literature and Performance Final Exam Review Materials


A.      Theater Terminology and Concepts

     1. Types of stages (Black Box vs. Proscenium stage vs. Theater-in-the-Round)
2. Stage directions: Up, Down, Left, Right
3. Projection, Enunciation
4. Blocking
5. Props, Set pieces, Costumes
6. Facial Expressions, Body movements, Emotion
7. Stage directions in a script
8. Constantin Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, and one other theorist (your choice)
9. Structure of a play: Acts, Scenes
10. Given Circumstances and “the world of the play”


For this section, you will need to answer some short questions about the above terms and write a longer answer on how you would stage a specific scene presented to you.


B.       Literature Terminology and Concepts

     1. Narrator
2. Character
3. Point of View
4. Setting
5. Climax
6. Conflict and Resolution
7. Genres: Drama vs. Fiction/Prose vs. Poetry
8. Protagonist vs. Antagonist
9. Plot
10. Short story vs. Novel


For this section, I will ask you to analyze characters/plot and write a “meaty paragraph” defending your ideas and using quotations from a passage.


C.       Poetry Terminology and Concepts

1.       Rhyme scheme
2.       Rhythm
3.       Simile
4.       Metaphor
5.       Personification
6.       Speaker
7.       Stanzas and Lines
8.       Enjambment
9.       Onomatopoeia
10.    Symbolism
 


For this section, you will need to analyze a poem and answer some questions about both form and meaning.