Drama Llama

The word drama comes from the Greek word

• performed

• action

• watched

• audience

The people who build sets, manage lighting, or work backstage are called

• the production crew

• the design crew

• the construction crew

• the technical crew

The actors and actresses who perform the play are known as

• the players

• the crew

• the cast

• the stars

Drama is written to be____________ by actors and ___________ by an audience.

• observed, understood

• heard, experienced

• spoken, enjoyed

• performed, watched

A play in written form is called a

• script

• playwright

• play-maker

• spoken word

True or False: Everything a playwright writes does not have to appear onstage.

• True

• False

The playwright must write the_______________, or what the characters say to each other in conversation, as well as the________________ which tells how the play is to be performed.

• lines, directions

• verses, description

• words, action

• dialogue, stage directions

True or false: Dialogue is necessary in order to develop conflict and advance the plot.

• True

• False

In a script, if it is bold, at the start of a line, and followed by a colon, it is

• setting, where the character is

• dialogue, what the characters in a scene say

• motivation, what inspires the character

• props, what a character uses on stage

Dialogue is necessary in order to develop ________ and advance the plot.

• rising action

• resolution

• setting

• conflict