Discussion Topic Think about the experiences you've had with dramatic texts, including seeing live
performances or film adaptations. How does the era in which a play was written affect
your ability to enjoy it or understand it? How is it different to read or see a play written
more than two millennia ago (such as tragedies and comedies from ancient Greece)
compared to a few centuries ago (for example, Shakespeare or others from the
Renaissance) or one produced in the last 100 years?
Is there something like a modern sensibility to more recently written dramatic works
that helps you connect better to them than to works from past centuries? Are there
traits in older forms of drama that engage you because they are NOT modern?
Describe the traits of drama that keep you engaged as well as characteristics that
make it challenging to do so.

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question 1

one of the main differences between central idea and theme is

a) theme is found when you have one main character, central idea is limited to stories with multiple characters.

b) themes are explicitly stated and central ideas are not.

c) central ideas can only be found in narrative writing, while themes can be found in multiple types of literature.

d) central idea can be found in both fiction and nonfiction texts.

question 4

when reading "nameless, tennessee", we know that we are looking for a central idea and not a theme because

a) its a short story. short stories only have a central idea.

b) its a non-fiction text. non-fiction does not have a theme, only central idea.

c) themes are directly stated and there isn't one directly stated in "nameless, tennessee".

d) all of the above.

question 6

read the excerpt.

"we had a doctor on the ridge in them days. as good as any doctor alivin'. he'd cut a crooked toenail or deliver a woman. dead these last years."

how do the details in this excerpt to develop the central idea?

a) they give insight into the doctor's motivation for people.

b) they depict the poverty and lifelessness of the town.

c) they explain why people wanted to get away from the town.

d) they reveal some of the meaningful human history of the unnamed town.