Dramatic Theatre Terms Quiz

 disagreement between characters or ideas in a play  

• conflict
• costumes
• dialogue
• improvisation

The conversation between two or more characters onstage  

• dialogue
• improvisation
• makeup
• mimicry

to ad-lib or invent dialogue not in the script  

• improvisation
• makeup
• mimicry
• monologue

the act or practice of imitating another person or action  

• mimicry
• monologue
• music
• pantomime

 a dramatic presentation made by one person, also called a soliloquy   MUSIC— an element of production that often helps create a mood, add suspense, etc.  

• monologue
• music
• pantomime
• plot

the storyline of a play developed through the unfolding of a series of events  in an Act and/or Scene.

• plot

• props

• role

• scenery

a written manuscript containing dialogue and stage directions  

• script
• sound
• storyline
• storytelling

A story to be written to be played out on the stage is a ___________.

• Theatre
• Script
• Show
• Drama

Actors usually create their own blocking.

• True

• False

If downstage is closest to the audience then upstage must be farthest from the audience.

• True

• False