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I. Modified True or False. Read each statement below very carefully. Write
TRUE if the statement is true. If it is not, replace the underlined word/s
with the right word/s which will make the statement true or correct.
Write your on the space before the number.
1. Intertextuality is the manner in which one text influences another.
2. Explicit reference happens when the writer refers to a different text through the use
of ideas, symbols, genre or style.
3. Allusion refers to a direct reference in one text to another text, place, historical
period, or author for the purpose of enriching or developing meaning.
4.Parody refers to the writer’s imitation of another text for the purpose of exposing and
discrediting one’s vice or follies.
5. Quotation involves an indirect reference to another text, giving citation to its owner.
II. Matching Type. Match the word/s in column A with the descriptions in column
B. Write the letter of your answer in your activity notebook.
A B
1. Parody a. allows the writer to make a reworking or re
imagination of a popular text
2. appropriation b. “She is as beautiful as Venus.”
3. historical allusion c. to intermingle while weaving
4. intertexto d. used by the writer to mock its target
5. adaptation e. the act of “using or closely imitating the
language and thoughts of another author without
authorization
6.quotation f. “Reflecting on her cruel behaviour, Cinderella’s
stepmother stood still like a pillar of salt.”
7. allusion g. a writer creates a film, TV drama or play based
on a written work
8. mythological allusion h. “He was a Nero.”
9. plagiarism i. an indirect reference in one text to another text,
place, historical period or author
10. religious allusion j. direct referencing with acknowledgment to the
original author
Instructions: Recall what you learned about one-act play. Read and answer the
following statements. Encircle the letter of your answer.
1. What is being done before or after the actual drama for amusement of the
audience?
a. One-act play b. intermission number c. breaktime d. playbill
2. The following are the four stages of one-act play EXCEPT ONE:
a. expositionb. conflict c. denouement d. antagonist
3. Why are there no breaks in the action during the one-act play?
a. It is continuous since it is a short play.
b. The director wants to end the play immediately.
c. The actors would be lazy to continue acting after the break time.
d. None of the above
4. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The characters in a one-act play are not limited in number.
b. There is no full development of characters.
c. The costumes and setting of the characters must be elaborated in one-act
play.
d. One-act play does not aim at the simplicity of the plot.
5. How can the influence of realism be shown in one-act play?
a. It has a playbill. c. The story is out of imagination.
b. The ticket is expensive. d. It depicts characters that seem to be real.
6. Why is it important to give playbill to the audience member?
a. to serve as a fan when the venue’s temperature gets high
b. to entertain them when the play gets boring
c. so that they may identify the characters and the actors who will play them
d. so that they will have a souvenir
7. The following are structures of a plot EXCEPT ONE:
a. expositionb. falling action c. rising action d. characters
8. Which of the following statements is false?
a. One-act play is a play that has five acts but may consist of one or
morescenes.
b. One-act plays are usually written in a concise manner.
c. It deals with a single dominant situation and aims at producing a
singleeffect.
d. It deals with only one theme developed through one situation to one climaxin
order to produce the maximum of effect.
9. What do you call the notes, which are often in italics or parentheses, which help
the actors interpret the scene for the audience?
a. stage presence b. stage freight c. stage décor d. stage directions
10.Which among the choices is correct?
a. Arthur Miller - A Memory of Two Mondays (1955)
b. Samuel Beckett - Line (1974)
c. Israel Horovitz - Krapp’s Last Tape (1958)
d. Edward Albee - The Goat, or Who is Susan?
(2002)