Dialogue in Drama

Which of these is an example of a stage direction?

• George: Hello, Emily!

• [Both face front, shy throughout]

• George: You made a fine speech in class.

• Emily: I was really ready to talk about the speech.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

True or False: All dialogue in a drama is written inside of "quotation marks".

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

The conversation between two characters is called-

• stage direction

• plot

• dialogue 

• cast

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

Which of the following can be found within a script?

• Acts and scenes

• Dialogue

• Setting description

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Acts divided into smaller sections...

• Scene

• Act

• Script

• Excerpt

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

The lines the characters say.

• Acts

• Scenes

• Dialogue

• Playwright

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

Spoken lines in a play

• Dialogue

• Logos

• Props

• Scenes

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

a story told through words, actions and is meant to be performed for an audience

• play or drama

• cast of characters

• actors

• scene

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CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which of the following best describes the purpose of dialogue in drama?

• To provide background information

• To reveal character relationships and advance the plot

• To describe the setting

• To list the cast of characters

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CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

In a drama, what is the term for a conversation between two or more characters?

• Monologue

• Dialogue

• Soliloquy

• Aside

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.5