Drama Notes

Drama Notes

by Kayla Witman

Drama or a Play​

​a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on a stage

​Stage Directions

instructions in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting

​Scenery

​the painted scenes or hangings and accessories used on a theatre stage

​Scenes

​a division of an act during which there is usually no change of scene or break in time

​Acts

​one of the main divisions of a play or opera; this is where the scenery or time of the play might change

​Narrator

the person that tells the story and gives background information throughout the play or story

​Dialogue

​conversation given in a written story or play; words the speakers say aloud.

A play is made up almost entirely of dialogue.

​Flashback

​a scene that takes place before a story begins. Flashbacks interrupt the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events of a character's life.

​Playwright

​is the person who writes a play

Multiple Choice

A written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on a stage.

• act

• scene

• Drama (or play)

• flashback

Multiple Choice

The acts in a drama that are divided into sections are called ___________.

• scenes

• acts

• plays

• plot

Multiple Choice

These tell the actors where to go, how to move, and when to say their lines.

• dialogue

• stage directions

• scenery

• playwright

Multiple Choice

The entire play mainly consists of the lines of text that the character speak aloud which is called ___________?

• speech work

• texting

• scenery

• dialogue

Multiple Choice

The main parts that a play is divided into are called _____________.

• acts

• time

• stage directions

• drama

Multiple Choice

The author of a play is know as the ____________________.

• author

• playwright

• writer

• screenplay author

Multiple Choice

What is the background, painted hangings, buildings, etc for a play called?

• scenes

• drama

• scenery

• builds

Multiple Choice

When a story goes back in time to give information or background is called a ____________.

• Skip back

• Flashback

• Flash forward

• Time Heist

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a extremely famous playwright?

• James Joyce

• J. K. Rowling

• William Shakespeare

• Captain Kirk