Elements of Drama: Understanding Plays

Multiple Choice

Which element of drama tells the actor what he/she should DO?

• Dialogue
• Stage Directions
• Cast
• Scenes

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the meaning of CAST?

• a list of all of the characters
• what the actor should DO
• what the character is saying
• the person who writes the drama

Multiple Choice

A "chapter" in a piece of drama is a(n)...

• Act
• Scene
• Setting
• Dialogue

Multiple Choice

A "subchapter" in a piece of drama is a(n)

• Act
• Scene
• Dialogue
• Setting

Multiple Choice

___________ is what the character is saying.

• Dialogue
• Stage Directions
• Cast
• Playwright

Multiple Choice

What does the PLAYWRIGHT do?

• Writes the drama
• Directs the drama
• Acts in the drama
• Watches the drama

Multiple Choice

This refers to the time and place of the drama.

• Setting
• Cast
• Act
• Scene

Multiple Choice

In drama, the PROTAGONIST is...

• the "good guy"
• the "bad guy"
• the setting
• the writer of the drama

Multiple Choice

In drama, the ANTAGONIST is...

• the "good guy"
• the "bad guy"
• the writer of the drama
• the setting

Multiple Choice

Tension between the protagonist and antagonist is called:

• Climax
• Confident
• Conflict
• Concrete