Elements of a Play

What is a play?

• A poem with alternate rhyming lines.

• A story written to be performed by actors on a stage.

• Any game involving two or more players.

• A smaller part of a larger story.

A _____ is what you call the author of a play.

The text of a play is called a

• Chapter

• Prologue

• Act

• Script

Which is not a theme in play "Sleepy Hollow"

• Friendship

• Superstition

• Jealousy

• Death

What is the conflict in "Sleepy Hollow"

• Ichabod is not liked by the town.

• Ichabod and Brom Bones both want to marry Katrina Van Tasse

• Ichabod is afraid of becoming the Headless Horseman

• Ichabod competes with Brom Bones to become Headmaster of the school.

The conversation between two or more characters is called

• monologue

• scene

• dialogue

• act

A play can be divided into five _______, one for each element of the plot.

• scenes

• scripts

• dialogue

• acts

Select the two reasons a play will change scenes?

• Change of setting

• Introduction of a new character

• When the time of the day changes

• Introduction of a new topic

Who is the author of the play "Sleepy Hollow"?

• Irving Penn

• William Shakespear

• Gary Paulsen

• Washington Irving

What is the setting of the play "Sleepy Hollow"?

• In the mountains

• In the small town of Sleepy Hollow

• A graveyard

• The school house