English Reviewer

• The two masks associated with drama are comedy and tragedy.
• Thalia was the Muse of comedy, while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy
• The word drama comes from the Greek verb dran which means "to do"
• to honor Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility
• Drama is a story enacted onstage for a live audience
• Elements of drama: Literary, technical, and performance
• Dramatic Structure: exposition, complications, climax, resolution
• flashback: scene taking place before present time

  foreshadowing: writer gives a hit on what will come later in the story
• Playwright: author of a play
• Set: can also be called scenery
• Tragedy:

  -play that ends unhappily

  -protagonist is a tragic hero. noble and admirable. has a tragic flaw that leads to a tragic end

  -audience must feel sympathy for major characters
• Comedy:

  • comes from a Greek word meaning "a singer in the revels" associated with joyful religious festivals
  • main characters can be anyone
  • no bond is formed
• Tony:

  • an engineer
  • was secretly engaged to Nena
• Kikay/Franceska studied Hair culture and Beauty Science
• Kikay/Franceska was in New York for 10 months, 4 days, 7 hours, and 21 mins
• Mango tree symbolized their friendship
• Marcelino Agana Jr. was the playwright of "New Yorker in Tondo"
• Setting: One afternoon, in a small house in Tondo
• Plaigarism:

  • Came from latin word "plagiare" meaning "to kidnap
• APA: American Psychological Association
• Three or more authors: et al.
• In text citation should always be before a period
• According to Tan (2014)... : Author based
• Martin et al. (2015) believes.. : Author based
• In 2012, Kernis mentions.. : Data based
• Globalization will not cease anytime soon (Martin et al., 2015): Idea Based
• "Students today are prone to mental health issues" (Sy and Suico, 2017, p.56): Idea Based
• Block format: Idea Based
• Format: Last name, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL
• If author is not listed, start with title instead.
• If no date, use (n.d.).
• I fit comes from a site with an associated newspaper, italicize the title of the newspaper
• If dictionary, thesaurus, or encyclopedia: Institution. (year), title of entry, In title of reference work. url
• Recount:

  • retelling of an event/experience
  • Based on the writers own experience/event they witnessed
  • recall events and provide readers with information
• Guidelines in writing recounts:

  • use past tense
  • provide clear introduction
  • write in chronological order
  • use logical connectors
  • use adjectives/adverbs
  • use specific verbs
• Factual Recount:

  • author was not involved but witnessed/heard about
  • based on facts
  • unbiased
  • third person pov
  • newspaper, news, historical events
• Personal Recount:

  • based on authors personal experiences
  • uses first person pov
  • subjective
  • diary, autobiography, biography