VCE Drama terminology quiz #1

"_____________ are techniques or devices incorporated into the style of a performance."

• Dramatic elements

• Expressive skills

• Conventions

• Performance skills

"_______________ is original work developed by the actors rather than developed through the interpretation of any pre-existing script."

• Ensemble performance

• Solo performance

• Eclectic theatre

• Devised drama

"_________________ are essential features of every performance [and are manipulated to] shape and enhance meaning."

• Expressive skills

• Production areas

• Conventions

• Dramatic elements

"The most significant moment of tension or conflict in a drama" is referred to as the ...

• Conflict

• Crux

• Climax

• Peak

Which dramatic element "generally occurs when a character cannot achieve an objective due to an obstacle"?

• Climax

• Tension

• Mood

• Conflict

Which dramatic element "presents the dissimilar, or opposite, in order to highlight or emphasise the difference"?

• Conflict

• Contrast

• Level

• Costume

Which dramatic element "is the overall feeling or emotion that a performance may evoke"?

• Expressive skills

• Mood

• Focus

• Pathos

Which dramatic element is "a regular pattern of words, sounds or actions"?

• Timing

• Tension

• Rhythm

• Mood

Which type of sound is "created live, by the actor, in the performance [using] voice, body percussion and/or objects"?

• Sound design (production area)

• Sound (dramatic element)

• Rhythm (dramatic element)

• Voice (expressive skill)

Which dramatic element "involves the way the performance area is used to communicate meaning, to define settings, to represent status and to create actor-audience relationships"?

• Level

• Set design

• Space

• Direct address