What is Drama?

Match the following elements of a performance to their picture.

• Props

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• Cast

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• Crew

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• Costumes

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• Set

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All the ​ (a)   in a play are performed by ​ (b)   . The group of actors together is called the ​ (c)   . The actors ​ (d)   , or practice the play before the show.

• characters
• actors
• cast
• rehearse

Which three spots show props that the actors could use in this play?

​ (a)   could tell what a scene looks like, when and where a character moves or what special effects happen at a particular moment. They are often written in ​ (b)   or in parenthesis to make it easier to tell them apart from the dialogue.

• Stage directions
• italics
• dialogue
• Characters
• after the character's name
• at the bottom

Characteristics of poetry include ​ (a)   instead of paragraphs, ​ (b)   to give a pattern to the words, or ​ (c)   with the same words used many times.

• stanzas
• rhyme or rhythm
• repetition
• dialogue
• characters
• plot

Characteristics of prose are that it is organized with sentences and ​ (a)   , has characters and a ​ (b)   , and can be used to write newspaper articles, books, or ​ (c)   .

• paragraphs
• plot of events
• stories
• dialogue
• stage directions
• plays

Characteristics of drama include it is written in a ​ (a)   form with stage directions and ​ (b)   , it lists a ​ (c)   to tell you who all of the people are in the play, and is written by a ​ (d)   .

• script
• dialogue
• cast of characters
• playwright
• book
• actors
• poet
• paragraphs

Match the following

• Dialogue

• the author of a play

• Drama

• the written form of a play

• Script

• the notes in a script that explain the movement, feelings, and emotions of the character, also can be lighting and sound effects

• Playwright

• written to be performed by actors and watched by an audience

• Stage directions

• words spoken by the characters

Shakespeare (a famous playwright from the past from England) often had five acts in his plays. Most modern plays usually only have 1, 2, or 3 acts. What is an ACT?

• small division of a play, changes when the setting changes

• a break in the show

• the time and place of the story

• large division of a play

The time between acts, when the audience and actors take a break, is called: (a)  

• script
• dialogue
• intermission
• lobby