Drama Key Terms Quiz

What is a cue?

• Telling the story

• The name of a person who writes the play

• Tells the person something is coming up or preceding an action.

Who is a playwright?

• person who writes plays.

• person who reads plays

• person who acts out the plays

small section or portion of a play

• script

• stage directions

• scene

What is the backstage?

• The area where the orchestra sits.

• The area behind scenery not

  visible to audience.

• The area in the center of the stage.

Where is upstage?

• The front of the stage.

• The center of the stage.

• the back of the stage.

• Behind the stage.

What is the plot

• person, animal or thing in the story

• formal setting or dialect

• the basic idea of the play

• the main storyline

What is a conversation between two or

more characters.

• dialogue

• monologue

• prologue

• aside

What is a one person speaking?

• dialogue

• monologue

• prologue

• aside

What is improvisation?

• to exit stage

• to move on stage

• to make up or perform with out preparation or script

• to copy or mimic something

Drama began in ancient

• Rome

• Greece

• Italy

• England