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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. Drama. A piece of literature meant to be performed by actors Stage directions Dialogue. Science Fiction. Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes.
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Drama • A piece of literature meant to be performed by actors • Stage directions • Dialogue
Science Fiction Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes.
Plot in Drama – arrangement of events • Exposition – the situation is explained • Rising action – events move toward a high point • Conflict – the struggle between opposing forces • Climax – turning point of events • Falling action – follows the climax • Resolution – outcome of the conflict
Foreshadowing • Author hints at upcoming events • Small event may foreshadow an upcoming disaster
Narrator – Figure one – Figure two – Steve – Charlie’s wife – Mrs. Goodman – Mrs. Brand – Tommy - Woman – Don Martin – Sally – Man 1 – Man 2 – Pete – Charlie – Les – Characters