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For our monologue

19. Based on the previous activities, make a summary of the type of monologue
that you are going to present. Look at the example.

Example:

Genre Stand-up comedy

Features » It is presented by a single person.
» It presents a topic or a situation from a comical point of view.
» The approach is unusual, exaggerated, ridiculous or absurd.

Chosen topic Problems of Living Alone for the First Time.

Building stage session 6

20. Listen to the beginning of these three monologues again.

TRACKS 31,
• Discuss what resources are used to start and get the attention of the 32 and 33
audience. Look at the example.

Monologue Resource

Example: An apology and a
Example: The Great Dictator
clarification

Learning How to Live Alone

All the World is a Stage Resources to start a performance. Rhetorical figures

Remember
There are many rhetorical figures (non-conventional ways of
using words that add a different effect to the text) that can be Reader's
used to enrich a monologue. In the particular case of the stand- Book page 41
up comedy, some of the most frequent are: Exaggeration or
hyperbole, self-compassion, irony and sarcasm. You can find
definitions of these rhetorical figures in your Reader's Book,
p. 41.

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