Drama Vocabulary Quiz

We call a story that is meant to be performed on stage a ___________________.

• acting

• drama

• playwright

• none of these

When a drama is performed on stage, it is called a _______________.

• play
• show

• script

• none of these

People who write dramas are called _____________________.

• playwrights

• props

• scenes

• none of these

The form the playwright writes the drama is, or the “book” the actors read from, is called a _______________.

• lines

• dialogue

• script

• none of these

Scripts are divided into major sections called _____________.

• scenes

• acts

• scripts

• none of these

The major sections in scripts are divided into smaller sections called _____________.

• lines

• Scenes
• playwrights

• none of these

The characters in a play are acted out by a group of ____________________.

• actors
• cast

• playwrights

• none of these

A group of actors is called a _____________.

• scene

• props

• cast

• none of these

Actors must memorize their lines of ______________ in order to perform the play.

• scripts

• Dialogue
• props

• none of these

Within the dialogue, there are instructions about how they should read their lines or move around the stage called ___________ ______________.

• lines

• Stage directions
• props

• none of these