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For our monologue

16. Suggest topics for the monologue you want to present. Vote for your favorite

one and write it down in your notebook.
• Check that the topic is suitable for the genre you chose in Activity 8.

Look at the example.
Example:

Topics for a stand-up Votes
comedy monologue

1
» The fear of public speaking 1
» The use of cell phones
» Problems of living alone for the first time 3

17. Discuss similarities and differences between the monologue All the World is a
Stage and Learning How to Live Alone.

• Design a chart in your notebook to register both. Look at the example.
Features of a monologue Differences very important.
Example: In both monologues, intonation is
Similarities

Example: Language in All the World is a Stage comes
from another era.

18. Comment on the features of the type of monologue you chose and how
they will be adapted for your monologue. Write them in your notebook.
Look at the example.

Features of Stand-Up Comedy
session 5 » The monologist presents a topic or a situation from a comic point of view to
» Stand-up comedy is a genre of theater interpreted by a single person. -
So, we will have to perform by ourselves and not as a team, but
our team can help with some sound effects.

provoke laughter from the audience. We will have to include parts that
elicit laughter.
» During the monologue, the public becomes involved in the situation with
unusual, exaggerated, ridiculous or absurd approaches. We will discuss
how to achieve this with our teacher.

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