Elements of Drama Terms Test

What is a setting?

• characters

• lines

• time and place

• stanza

What is it called when the characters speak?

• tone

• mood

• words

• dialogue

Spoken words by a character in a play

• Dialogue

• Monologue

• Aside

• Soliloquy

A long speech by one actor in a play, usually said to other characters

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Stage Direction

Anything movable or portable on a stage or set

• Props

• Stage Direction

• Dramatis Personae

• Soliloquy

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud by oneself for the audience to hear

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Tragedy

• Dramatis Personae

In Shakespeare's terms, what is a tragedy?

• A play that has an unfortunate or negative ending

• A play that is sad

• A play in which characters die

• A play that takes place in the 1300s

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   is the depiction of fictional or non-fictional events in theater, film, radio, or television. ​

• Drama
• Act
• Scene
• Line
• Comedy
• Tragedy
• Script
• Stage Directions
• Prologue
• Foil

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​ ​ ​ ​ ​A(n) ​​ (a)   is a humorous play that has a light tone and a happy ending.

• comedy
• soliloquy
• monologue
• tragedy
• script
• aside
• prologue
• foil
• scene
• act

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​ ​ ​ ​ ​A(n) ​​ (a)   is a play that ends with the death of a main character.

• tragedy
• soliloquy
• monologue
• script
• aside
• prologue
• foil
• scene
• act
• line

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