Parts of a Play

The written instructions about how actors should move and behave are called

• dialogue.

• stage directions.

• props.

• characterization.

How are plays divided?

• Into parts and chapters

• Into acts and scenes

• Into sections and subsections

• Into stanzas and lines

A speech in which a character speaks to a silent or absent listener in a moment of deep emotion:

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

A speech by a character alone on stage, whose words reveal what he or she is thinking or feeling:

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

A brief remark, to the audience, that the other characters do not hear:

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

A long speech given by one character.

• synopsis

• dialogue

• narrator

• monologue

The setting of a play has to do with the

• characters.

• props.

• stage directions.

• time and place.

It analyzes the set and the props, blocking, lighting, sound, costumes and the make up of the play.

• Performance and direction

• Plot Summary

• Introduction

• Design Elements

It summarizes the plot of the play, including the setting, the main characters, and the story of the characters to one or two lines.

• Introduction

• Plot Summary

• Reaction

• Design Elements

What is the term for the main division of a play?

• Act

• Scene

• Chapter

• Stanza