Drama Terms Quiz Review

a major division within a play

• soliloquy

• act

• monologue

• dialogue

a type of drama where the characters experience a catastrophe

• comedy

• drama

• aside

• tragedy

when an actor speaks directly to the audience, but cannot be "heard" by the other characters

• aside

• soliloquy

• monologue

• dialogue

the division of acts in a drama

• act

• aside

• scene

• props

a humorous play with a happy ending

• prologue

• tragedy

• comedy

• act

a playwright's comments that provide information about the dialogue, setting, and action in a play

• dialogue

• stage directions

• aside

• prologue

conversation between 2 or more characters

• prologue

• monologue

• dialogue

• playwright

objects that appear on the stage during a play

• props

• audience

• act

• scene

an introductory passage or speech before the main action of a play, book, or poem

• monologue

• dialogue

• prologue

• epilogue

the person who writes a play

• playwright

• scene

• actor

• actress