Drama Terms Quiz

Flashback

• Describing an incident that occurred prior to the story's main time-frame

• The document that contains the story

• A synonym for "play"

• A hint at future events

Foreshadowing

• An incident that occurred prior to the story's main time-frame

• A hint of what is to come

• Words spoken by the character directly to the audience

• A playwright's descriptive comments

Playwright

• The correct theme of the play

• The author of the play

• The document that contains the story

• Speaking parts in a script

Props

• The articles/objects that appear on stage

• A major division in a play

• The pamphlet given to audience members

• The smaller section in a play

Stage Direction

• Written in italics and enclosed in brackets

• A playwright's descriptive comments

• Provides information about dialogue, setting, and action of the play

• All the above

Lines

• Speaking parts in a play

• The document that contains the story

• A synonym for the word "drama"

• Interruption of the play's timeline

Plays are divided into

• scenes

• acts

• stage directions

• asides

what provides details about the sets, lighting, sound effects, props, costumes, and acting

• director

• stage directions

• actors

• act one

a long, uninterrupted speech

• soliliquy

• dialogue

• aside

• monologue

a brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience

• aside

• soliliquy

• chorus

• tragic remark