Elements of Drama and Types of Drama

Drama is a

• story or play told in dialogue by performance in front of an audience.

• a play or story that has a script that is played in form of an audience.

• a play that you see in theaters all around the world.

• a play or story that expresses different types of dialogue in front of an audience.

A playwright is

• a person who makes the props and sets.

• a person who writes the play.

• a person who writes the script and dialogue for the play.

• a person who writes the lines and acts in the play.

An actor

• is a person who reads the script and makes the props.

• is a person who performs the play.

• is a person who makes the script.

• is a person who eats on the stage.

What are acts?

• The scenes in the play.

• The units that show the length of the play.

• The units of action in a drama.

• The units of things.

What are acts divided into?

• Units

• Scenes

• Chapters

• Dialogue

What can the playwright use to make the play more believable?

• Characterization

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Feelings

Is dramatic speech really necessary in plays?

• True

• False

What is dialogue?

• A way speech is told in a play.

• The way the playwright writes the script.

• The conversation between or among characters.

• The speeches that the actors have to say.

What is a monologue?

• A long speech told by a character.

• A speech about somebody.

• A speech about what happens in the play.

• A long oration about a character.

Stage directions are

• the sets of information that describe the scenes and the ways characters should move.

• the sets of info that direct the characters off and on the stage.

• the sets of information that tell the character where to go.

• the sets of things the character has to do.