Drama/Play Quiz 04/08

What is a drama?

• a literary work that has a lot of drama

• a literary work that is written in the stage-play format

• a literary work that tells us facts and information about a specific topic

• a literary work that tries to persuade the readers to think a certain way

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Which characteristics found in dramas are not found in other literary works or genres? (You will choose 2)

• characters

• stage directions

• settings

• Acts

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

What are the sections that dramas are divided into called?

• Chapters

• Paragraphs

• Stanzas

• Acts

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a ______________________. They are also written at the beginning of the play.

• group
• crowd
• cast
• people

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

This is the written text of a play.

• script
• papers
• book
• text

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

What is the meaning of dialogue?

• Conversations between two or more characters
• The words in parentheses
• A struggle that takes place in a story
• The gestures an actor uses in a drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When a play has specific instructions about scenery, costumes, and details on how the actors should act, the play has _____________.

• theme
• plot
• stage directions
• cast of characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

A person who performs a role in a play is called an

• stage direction

• actor

• performance

• playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

The cast of characters is....

• a play intended to make an audience laugh

• the signal given to people working in or on a play

• lines spoken between characters in a play

• the people who perform in a play

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

A dialogue is the lines that characters say to each other.  They must include _____________ and _______________.

• talking and singing
• listening and speaking
• dancing and singing
• reading and writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3