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Which one of the following is
NOT
an extra skill needed to read a play?
Reading a play requires all these abilities
Ability to pay attention to stage directions
Clues playwright provides to signal the tone of the play
Imagination
2
What are some techniques that fiction writers can use to tell a story that playwrights cannot?
Dialogue
Mood lighting
Sensory description
Italics
3
Why does reading a play require extra skills of the reader?
None of the above
There is very little written description
A narrator doesn't help the reader interpret the action
Plays are mostly dialogue
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What does it mean to say that a play must be "economical" in its writing?
Play have fewer words novels
Unnecessary waste or expense must be avoided!
It isn't expensive to go see a play
Economists use plays to give their reports on the economy
