Elements of Drama Quiz

How is drama different from other kinds of fiction?

• Drama can have only one setting. Other kinds of fiction can have many settings.

• Drama has more characters than other kinds of fiction.

• Drama has a plot. Other kinds of fiction use monologues instead of plots.

• Drama is written to be performed by actors for an audience.

a short section of a play

• act

• drama

• scene

• plot

the written pages of a play

• drama

• script

• theme

• act

The playwright is the

• 
  lead actor of the play

• owner of the theater

• set designer for the play

• author of the play

The message of the play

• theme

• drama

• act

• audience

The conversation between characters

• setting

• characters

• dialogue

• script

People who have a role in a play

• cast of characters

• script

• plot

• audience

When and where a story takes place

• setting

• act

• scene

• drama

a long section of a play

• act

• drama

• scene

• plot

A drama is a specialized type of story that is meant to be _________.

• read

• performed

• published

• written