Drama Elements and Savvas Unit 3 Vocabulary Review

Front

What is a unit of a play, made up of scenes?

Back

Act

Front

Which of the following is a dramatic convention where a character makes a remark to the audience only?
Options: Narration, Aside, Monologue, Flashback

Back

Aside

Front

In a script, how is dialogue usually indicated?

Back

The character's name in bold or capital letters.

Front

What is a speech made by a character alone on the stage?

Back

Soliloquy

Front

Which dramatic convention involves acting out events from the past?

Back

Flashback

Front

What is a play written in the format of a script called?

Back

Drama

Front

What is a set of rules which both the audience and actors are familiar with and act as a useful way of quickly signifying the nature of the action or of a character?

Back

Dramatic convention

Front

Which dramatic convention involves a single character speaking his/her thoughts aloud, with the other characters on stage not speaking?

Back

Monologue

Front

What is any situation where something unexpected or implausible is brought into the storyline to resolve situations or disentangle a plot?

Back

Deus ex machina