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 is written to be performed by actors for an audience.

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

Which of the following elements are unique to drama?

• characters, stage directions, scenes

• conflict, setting, characters

• stage directions, scenes, monologue

Plays, or _____, are a type of fiction that is performed in front of an audience.

the words spoken between two or more characters

• monologue

• dialogue

elements of a play that relate to how it should look and be performed.

• staging

• drama

a list of all the characters in the drama; the cast appears at the beginning of the drama.

• cast of characters

• dialogue

• stage directions

characters say the opposite of what is expected, to create humor.

• tone

• irony

• voice

the feeling that the playwright creates

• voice

• mood

• tone

the playwright’s unique style of expression

• tone

• mood

• voice

the playwright’s attitude toward the play

• voice

• mood

• tone