Drama Unit

A play that ends in the death of the main character

• Comedy

• Act

• Scene

• Tragedy

Which type of drama contains humor, mocks people and situations and ends happily, often with a marriage or big problem solved?

• Tragedy

• Romance

• Drama

• Comedy

Characterization in a play is...

• When the playwright makes the characters believable

• All of the characters in a comedy

• All of the characters in a tragedy

• When the playwright puts the protagonist in a dilemma

Props are.... (mark all that applies)

• Small portable items that the actors use

• The backdrop that shows scenery

• Costumes and masks

• Tea cups, goblets, swords, plates, and a typewriter

• Meant to make the actor's actions look believable

A playwright will write a ___ to be performed

• Novel

• Script

• Screenplay

• Short Story

Stage directions are... (select all that applies)

• Bracketed, italicized information in a script

• To be given by the director only

• Meant to convey information to the cast, crew, and readers of the drama

• Meant to give more realism to the backdrop

• Meant to give directions as to what the actor should be doing while reciting his lines

A long, uninterrupted speech that is spoken by a single character, which reveals the character's private thoughts and feelings.

• dialogue

• state directions

• script

• monologue

A comedy is a...

• play with the distinguishing feature in which the events of the play directly lead to the downfall of the main character

• usually about heroic characters or nobility

• play with a happy ending that features normal characters in funny situations, but also meant to call attention to social issues.

• story mainly about characterization

A tragedy is a...

• play with the distinguishing feature in which the events of the play directly lead to the downfall of the main character

• much like the television sitcom of today

• play with a happy ending that features normal characters in funny situations, but also meant to call attention to social issues.

• story mainly about characterization

Shakespeare's plays are classified as all of the following EXCEPT...

• Histories

• Comedies

• Poetries

• Tragedies