Dramatic Conventions Quiz

What is a flashback?

• Going back in time to learn more about a character.

• Going forward in time to learn more about a character.

• Actors using their bodies to create a scene or image.

• An actor speaking alone on stage while other actors are on the stage.

What is mime?

• No dialogue is used - actors express themselves using only gesture and facial expressions.

• An actor speaking alone on stage while other actors are on the stage.

• A person on stage that catches up the audience on what has happened between scenes.

• A voice that is off screen describing what is happening.

What is a monologue?

• No dialogue is used - actors express themselves using only gesture and facial expressions.

• An actor speaking alone on stage while other actors are on the stage.

• A person on stage that catches up the audience on what has happened between scenes.

• A voice that is off screen describing what is happening.

What is narration?

• No dialogue is used - actors express themselves using only gesture and facial expressions.

• An actor speaking alone on stage while other actors are on the stage.

• A person on stage that catches up the audience on what has happened between scenes.

• A voice that is off screen describing what is happening.

What is a voice over?

• No dialogue is used - actors express themselves using only gesture and facial expressions.

• An actor speaking alone on stage while other actors are on the stage.

• A person on stage that catches up the audience on what has happened between scenes.

• A voice that is off screen describing what is happening.

What is a soliloquy?

• An actor speaking alone on stage, addressing the audience describing their feelings about what is happening in the scene

• An actor turning to the audience for a short time to give their feelings or opinions

• Actors using their bodies to create a scene or image

• An actor addressing another character on stage

What is a tableau?

• An actor speaking alone on stage for a long time

• An actor turning to the audience for a short time to give their feelings or opinions

• Actors using their bodies to create a scene or image

• An actor addressing another character on stage

​ (a)   can be used to create ​ (b)  

• Flashbacks
• Dramatic irony.
• Monologue
• Purpose
• Soliloquy
• Genre

Dramatic irony is described as.

• How a person stands

• Information the audience knows about a character that they are unaware of

• How the play makes an audience feel.

• Using your hands to communicate

If the events in my play are in chronological order. What convention isn’t useful?

• Monologue

• Tableau

• Movement

• Flashback