Drama Terms/ Romeo and Juliet Quiz

The conversation between two or more characters on stage is known as ________________________.

• monologue
• dialogue
• script
• cast of characters

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The author of a play is know as the ____________________.

• playwright
• poet
• play
• actor

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Small sections of a play are ___________.  Each one usually takes place in a specific time and place.

• acts
• plot
• theme
• scene

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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________________ is drama that is funny and has a happy ending.

• comedy
• tragedy
• drama
• cast

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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CCSS.RL.8.7

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The specific instructions about scenery, costumes, and details on how the actors should act.

• theme

• plot

• stage directions

• cast of characters

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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CCSS.RL.8.7

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A story that is intended to be performed by actors is known as a __________________.

• play
• drama
• comedy
• tragedy

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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CCSS.RL.8.7

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What is the name of the main units that often divide a play?

• scene
• script
• monologue
• act

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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CCSS.RL.8.7

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____________________ is a piece of serious drama with an unhappy ending.

• Script
• Tragedy
• Comedy
• Play

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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CCSS.RL.8.7

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The ___________ is the the opening of the play that establishes the setting and gives background details, usually gives information about an earlier story that has to do with what you’re about to read.

• Script
• Setting
• Prologue
• Epilogue

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

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What is a soliloquy?

• a brief remark that the audience can hear but characters cannot

• a lengthy speech addressed to the other characters on stage

• a speech in which a character, while on stage, addresses himself or herself to let the audience know his/her inner feelings.

• speech in which a word has a double meaning

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

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