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Looking for a relevant word?

Looking for a relevant word?

My dear friends,

What word is better to use when we talk about parts from the plays to act onstage, is it a fragment, extract or which is better? We say, monologue or dialogue from the play but how can I say it in the other way?

Thank you for your reply.

8 Jun 2015

Plays are usually broken into acts and scenes

8 Jun 2015

Thank you for your quick reply, Douglas.

You are right, plays are broken into acts and scene.

But what is a general word for a short part/fragment

from the act. Say, you want yr sts to play a short

part from the first act of Pygmalion, how do you call it?

I �ll tell you why I �m asking. I �m working at the book for art

students which conisits of 5 parts:1) Monologues from

classic plays.2) Sketches 3) Poems 4) _?____ from classic plays

5) __?__ from stories and novels. ? - what is a relevant word?

8 Jun 2015

I �d call it scenes from plays and excerpts or passages from novels

8 Jun 2015

Have you heard of �freeze frame �? It works well. The students are given a scene and then in small groups, they stage it as if posing for a photo.

8 Jun 2015

yanogator

I would use "extracts" from both plays (if it �s not a full scene) and novels.

Bruce

8 Jun 2015

kwsp

How about segment - any of the parts into which something can be divided

example: At noon they replayed a segment of the 9:00am newscast.

8 Jun 2015