Before rendering a selection orally it must be given a setting. This has to do with time, place, objects, sounds, movements, or anything that tends to give local color.
1. Is the selection colloquial or dramatic?
2. Is dialect used?
3. Will personation be necessary?
4. Give an original word-picture of the characters and situation.
5. To what reference to experience does it make?
6. What is the predominant mood?
B. Special Preparation
Read the selection aloud for the first time. In doing this, ask yourself: