Drama Vocabulary Quiz

specific phrases, actions, or mannerisms displayed regularly by a character that make them distinguishable in the reader's mind.

• Character tag

• Theme

• Dog

• Exposition

the element of plot structure that provides important details in the beginning of story to introduce the setting, characters, background information, and details or hints about the conflict(s).

• Plot

• Cat

• Literary Device

• Exposition

language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices.

• Bird

• Stage Direction

• Figurative Language

• Character Tag

a specific convention or structure-such as imagery, irony, or foreshadowing- that is employed by the author to produce a given effect.

• Mouse

• Literary Device

• Theme

• Plot

descriptions or instructions in a play that provide information about characters, dialogue, setting, and actions.

• Stage Direction

• Rabbit

• Exposition

• Character Tag

the basic sequence of events in a story that includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

• Plot

• Goat

• Theme

• Exposition

the central or universal idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience.

• Horse

• Theme

• Stage Direction

• Character Tag