STAAR Drama Review

True or False: A drama is intended to be performed in front of a live audience

• True

• False

How can you recognize stage directions

• They are in bolded letters

• They are written in italics or parenthesis

• They are in capital letters

• They are in quotation marks

A person who performs a role in a play is called an

• stage direction

• actor

• performance

• playwright

The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the...

• stage directions

• scene

• setting

• stage

A ____ is a story or play that is acted out using characters in situations that imitate real life.

• Biography

• Drama

• Director

• Conflict

The cast of characters is....

• a play intended to make an audience laugh

• the signal given to people working in or on a play

• lines spoken between characters in a play

• the people who perform in a play

The written text of a play is called a ....

• set

• rehearsal

• script

• scene

A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a ______________________. They are also written in the brochure or program of the play.

• group

• crowd

• cast

• people

There are four ingredients in a good Drama.  They include:

• actors, script, acts and scenes

• stage directions, plays, singing and dancing

• characters, cast, setting and drama

• dialogue, setting, conflict and plot

Which of the following is a key element of drama that involves the conversation between characters?

• A) Monologue

• B) Dialogue

• C) Soliloquy

• D) Narration