Brief Review of Drama

Analyzing
Drama

Including : Tone, Mood and Irony

Open Ended

When someone calls you a "drama queen" what do you think they meant?

Open Ended

• Have you ever seen a play or musical? If so, what is the name?

Open Ended

• What do you think is the difference between a play and a movie?

The author of a play is called a playwright.

Acts and Scenes

Scenes are used to build suspense or comic relief.

Purpose for Drama Structures

• Dramatic Action increases the suspense of the story through the

actions of the characters and events

• Acts break the play up into sections, may change settings or time.

Scenes are the smaller sections inside of an act that build suspense,
provide comic relief (a break from the tension).

• The purpose of a plays structure (acts and scenes) is to break up the

story into smaller parts, build suspense and to allow for setting
changes.

Multiple Choice

What is drama?

• Stories written long ago & passed down from generation to generation.

• Stories that can be acted out in front of an audience.

• Stories that have magical elements in it.

• Nonfiction text that a reader can learn something from.

Multiple Choice

The written text of a play is called what?

• script

• poem

• novel

• narrative

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Chapters or chunks of the story are called?

• theme

• setting

• plot

• acts

Multiple Choice

What is a narrator?

• An actor in a play.

• The person who writes a play.

• The person who dismisses the audience for intermission.

• A person who tells the story, but is not a character in the story.

Multiple Choice

How are plays divided?

• Into parts and chapters

• Into acts and scenes

• Into sections and subsections

• Into stanzas and lines

Multiple Choice

A subdivision of an act.

• Act
• Character
• Setting
• Scene

Multiple Choice

A major unit of action in a play similar that is similar to a chapter in a book.

• Scene
• Act
• Setting
• Character

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The playwright’s instructions to the director, performers, and stage crew. Usually set in italics and explain how characters move and speak.

• Dialogue
• Monologue
• Soli
• Stage Directions

Multiple Choice

The conversations between characters in a drama or literary work.

• Dialogue
• Conflict
• Cast
• Characters

Multiple Choice

The sequence of actions and events.

• Character
• Scene
• Theme
• Plot

Multiple Choice

The central idea or life lesson the writer intends to share with the reader.

• Theme
• Plot
• Act
• Monologue

Multiple Choice

The time and place a work occurs.

• Foil
• Actor
• Plot
• Setting

Multiple Choice

The author of a drama

• Playwright

• Character

• Foil

• Scene