Inner Voices

Worksheet Description

This worksheet is centered around understanding the dramatic technique of the soliloquy and its role in revealing a character’s innermost thoughts and emotions to the audience. It presents the concept that a soliloquy can accomplish in drama what a narrator or a third-person omniscient point of view does in a novel. Students are given scenarios and are asked to think like playwrights to decide why a soliloquy might be used at specific points in a story. They must use their imagination to write down what they think the characters would say in their soliloquies.

The worksheet is teaching students the strategic use of soliloquies in storytelling within plays. It encourages them to understand how this technique can be used to give the audience insight into a character’s private thoughts, which might not be shared with other characters in the play. This activity also fosters creative writing skills, prompting students to put themselves in the character’s place and articulate feelings and thoughts that the character might not express openly. Additionally, it helps students to appreciate the power of soliloquies in developing characters and advancing the plot in a nuanced and personal way.