Elements of Drama

Elements of Drama

by Corrine Binnings

Multiple Choice

Another name for drama is?

• prose

• poetry

• play

• book

Multiple Choice

A person who write drama or plays is called a _____________.

• playmaker

• player

• playwright

• author

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an element of drama?

• poet

• setting

• characters

• acts and scenes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best defines drama?

• a type of literature that is written in verse and stanzas

• a type of literature that is written to be performed on a stage by actors

• a type of literature that is written in paragraphs

• drama is not literature

Multiple Choice

The characters in a play are called 

• people

• personas

• actors

• men and women

Multiple Choice

A play is divided into _________ like the chapters of a book.

• stanzas

• scenes

• paragraphs

• acts and scenes

Multiple Choice

____________ tells the actors on a stage where to go and what to do.

• lines

• stage directions

• sentences

• stage guides

Multiple Choice

Theme in a drama is?

• The lesson or message we learn about life from the drama

• All the activities that happen in a play

• The people, animals, or things in the play

• Everything in the play

Multiple Choice

_______________is the series of events that take place in a play.

• acts

• scenes

• plot

• characters