Understanding Plays

What is the written text of a play called?

• Dialogue

• Act

• Script

• Scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

Who is responsible for telling the story to the audience without being a character in the play?

• Cast of Characters

• Narrator

• Setting

• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.W.4.3A

Which term refers to the location and time where a play's action takes place?

• Setting

• Scene

• Act

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

What are the instructions in the play that tell actors where to go and how to say their lines?

• Narrator

• Cast of Characters

• Stage Directions

• Script

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

What do you call a division of a play that typically contains several scenes?

• Script

• Dialogue

• Act

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which term refers to the list of all characters in a play?

• Cast of Characters

• Scene

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is the conversation between characters in a play called?

• Act

• Dialogue

• Scene

• Script

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is a smaller section of a play's act?

• Scene

• Cast of Characters

• Stage Directions

• Narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which part of a play usually explains background information or sets the stage for the story?

• Act

• Stage Directions

• Scene

• Narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is the term for the person or group of people who perform the play?

• Script

• Cast of Characters

• Setting

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5