Drama Terms Quiz

What is the definition of an aside?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

What is the definition of a chorus?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

What is the definition of dramatic effect?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

What is the definition of dramatic irony?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

What is the definition of dramatic speech?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• The types of speeches used by playwrights.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

What is the definition of a monologue?

• A long speech delivered by a character to others

• A group of performers who comment on the action

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true

What is the definition of a soliloquy?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A speech where a character, alone on stage, reveals private thoughts to the audience.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

What are props?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• Moveable objects that actors use onstage.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

What is a pun?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A play on words involving a word with two or more different meanings or two words that sound the same but have different meanings.

What is a script?

• The text of a play.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.