Drama Terms

Drama is meant to be

• read silently.

• performed by actors.

• funny.

• sad.

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CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Examples of drama include

• stage plays.

• movies.

• TV shows.

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

In drama, the plot and characters are developed primarily through

• description.

• inferences.

• costumes.

• dialogue.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which of the following is NOT a component of PLOT?

• exposition

• rising action

• characterization

• climax

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The setting of a play has to do with the

• characters.

• props.

• stage directions.

• time and place.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The words characters speak aloud are

• dialogue.

• stage directions.

• props.

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

The writer of a play is called the

• author.

• poet.

• playwright.

• composer.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The written instructions about how actors should move and behave are called

• dialogue.

• stage directions.

• props.

• characterization.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

How are plays divided?

• Into parts and chapters

• Into acts and scenes

• Into sections and subsections

• Into stanzas and lines

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

A speech in which a character speaks to a silent or absent listener in a moment of deep emotion:

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7