This document outlines the agenda for an online hour discussing terms 1-9 related to drama and revising a fiction project. It defines key drama terms like drama, playwright, script, act, scene, prologue, antihero, and guerilla theater. It also distinguishes between the subject, plot and theme of a story. The rest provides steps for revising fiction and lists homework assignments including posting paragraphs from a fiction project and reading a short play.

1. z
Week 8:
The Online Hour

2. z
AGENDA
Terms 1-9
Revise Fiction
Project #2

3. 1. Drama: a literary art form that recreates
human life and emotions (uses dialogue)
2. Playwright: the author of the drama.
3. Script: The play in written form.
4. Act: A division of a play.
5. Scene: A division of an act (change of
location).
6. Prologue: an introduction
7. Antihero: a protagonist or central character
who lacks the qualities typically associated
with heroism—for example, bravery, morality,
or good looks—but still manages to earn
sympathy from the spectator.

4. 8. Guerilla theater: a form of theater popularized in
the United States during the 1960s that sought to
confront spectators with brief, unscheduled, and
often provocative performances in public spaces.
Performers were interested in breaking traditional
social barriers in order to convey their political
messages.
9. Subject: What a story or play is about. To be
distinguished from plot and theme. Faulkner's "A
Rose for Emily" is about the decline of a particular
way of life endemic to the American south before
the civil war. Its plot concerns how Faulkner
describes and organizes the actions of the story's
characters. Its theme is the overall meaning
Faulkner conveys.

5. z Steps to Revision
1. Carefully and thoughtfully review the suggestions your readers have given you.
2. Make the changes that will improve your story.
3. Put aside the work for several hours or longer. This kind of literal space/time
distance will allow you to gain some objectivity.
4. Revisit your story and the revision suggestions.
5. Make further changes.
6. Read your revised story aloud.
7. Revise again.

6. z Homework
 Post # 16: The best two or three
paragraphs of your fiction
project.
 Reading: Drama: 10 minute
plays: "Gray Matter"
 Submit Project #3 before noon,
Friday, week 9
 Study: Terms