Elements of a Play

Match the following words to their meanings

• A play or story that is acted out

• DIALOGUE

• The largest divisions of a play

• DRAMA

• words spoken by the characters in a play

• CHARACTERS

• People who perform in the play

• scene

• Smaller divisions of a play

• Act

Acts within a play are written out using ________

• small Roman numerals (i, ii, iv, etc.)

• capital Roman numerals (I, II, IV, etc.)

• regular numbers

  (1, 2, 3, etc.)

scenes within a play are written out using ________

• small Roman numerals (i, ii, iv, etc.)

• capital Roman numerals (I, II, IV, etc.)

• regular numbers

  (1, 2, 3, etc.)

lines within a play are written out using ________

• small Roman numerals (i, ii, iv, etc.)

• capital Roman numerals (I, II, IV, etc.)

• regular numbers

  (1, 2, 3, etc.)

When do the scenes within a play change?

• Whenever different characters speak

• Whenever there is a time or setting change in the play

• Whenever there is a major action that happens in the play

How would you correctly write the information for the first act, third scene, and tenth line of a play?

• (I, iii, x)

• (1, 3, 10)

• (I, iii, 10)

• (i, 3, x)

Label the parts of the play with the arrows.

a

b

c

d

CHARACTERS

PLAYWRIGHTS

SETTING

TITLE

What's the name for the space that separates an actor on stage from the audience?

• The invisible room

• The fourth wall

• The glass ceiling

• The imaginary line