STAAR Drama Review

You should skip the stage directions during reading a drama selection.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

What are props?

• Actors in play

• The action in a play

• Objects used by actors in a play

• Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

A drama, or a play is a passage that tells a story using _______________ characters say to each other.

• songs

• lines

• books

• jokes

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the major difference between tragedy and comedy?

• Comedies are very realistic; tragedies are not

• Comedies contain elaborate plots and costumes; tragedies involve simple plots and staging

• Comedies were developed in Ancient Greece; tragedies were developed during the Renaissance

• Comedies have happy endings; tragedies don't

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

A person who writes plays is

• Poet

• Author

• Illustrator

• Playwright

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a _______.

• group

• cast

• crowd

• person

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

Stage directions tell characters how to _____ in the play.

• sing

• use dialogue

• act and perform

• tell jokes

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

A drama is like a literary text because they both have _______.

• actors, a script, acts, and scenes.

• characters, a cast, setting, and lines.

• stage directions, lines, singing, and dancing.

• dialogue, setting, conflict, and plot.

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which text features are always present in a drama or play?

• Characters, Title, Scenes, Stanzas

• Characters, Scenes, Lines, Stage Directions

• Characters, Lines, Stanzas, Stage Directions

• Characters, Title, Lines, Stanzas, Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

You should skip the stage directions during reading a drama selection.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.10