Elements of Drama

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 a plot. Other kinds of fiction do not have a plot.

• Drama has more characters than other kinds of fiction.

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

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Which of the following elements are unique to drama?

• characters, stage directions, scenes

• conflict, setting, characters

• stage directions, scenes, acts

• dialogue, plot, setting

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Why does a playwright include stage directions in a script?

• to provide information about the time period in which a play is set

• to provide information about how the dialogue in a play should be spoken

• to provide information about how the play should look to the audience

• to provide information about the setting, characters, dialogue, and appearance of a play

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Types of Drama include:

• stage plays

• radio plays

• movies

• television programs

• all of the above

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----- are a playwright's written instructions about how actors should move and behave. They also explain how the stage should look and where props (items used in the play) are located.

• Scenes

• Stage directions

• Directions

• Dialogue

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------- is the words characters speak. Although any kind of story can have this, it is central to drama because the audience follows the events by watching what characters say and do.

• Plot

• Conflict

• Setting

• Character

• Dialogue

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The following question comes from the play, "Dragon Wings".

[Uncle Bright Star, Wind Rider, and Moon Shadow are pulling a homemade airplane up the hill.]

Wind Rider: "Take the ropes." [pantomimes taking a rope over his shoulder as he faces the audience] [They strain. Moon Shadow stumbles but gets up. Stamping his feet to get a better footing , he keeps tugging.]

The playwright uses stage directions mainly to--?

• show how relatively easy it was to pull the airplane up the hill.

• show how difficult it was to pull the airplane up the hill, despite the additional help.

• show how clumsy Moon Shadow is.

• show how Wind Rider and Moon Shadow do not work well together.

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Stage directions are important to the play because--

• they help show the characters' movements.

• they help show the characters' facial expressions and emotions.

• they help show the characters' actions.

• All of the above

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The entire text of the drama is called--

• the script.

• the dialogue.

• the stage directions.

• the act.

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The person who writes a play is called a...

• narrator.

• playwright.

• play writer.

• author.

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