Dramatic Conventions

What do stage directions do? Tick three boxes.

• They indicate the movement of the actors

• They indicate the setting of the scene

• They indicate who is speaking in the scene

• They indicate lighting and set choices

Match the correct term to its meaning.

• Aside

• A speech delivered by a character while he or she is alone on stage. They are able to “talk
  to themselves by expressing their inner thoughts, mood, or opinion aloud.

• Act

• One of the main divisions of the play. Shakespeare favoured the five act structure for his
  plays.

• Soliloquy

• A character reveals his or her true feelings by directly addressing the audience. While they are not alone on stage, the audience knows they will not be heard by any
  other characters.

• Scene

• A section of the play's plot that occurs in one place or time

What is dialogue?

• Speech said by a character out loud

• Speech delivered to the audience

• Speech sang out loud by a character

• Thoughts of a character

What does 'breaking the fourth wall' mean?

• When the actor sings

• When the actor directly speaks to the audience

• When the actor breaks the wall of a set

• When an actor runs off stage

What is blocking?

• The positioning of props

• The movement of scenes

• The positioning of actors on a stage

• The position of the set

What is chorus in a play?

• A group moving together in a stylised way

• The actions of characters in a play

• A group running off stage together

• Conversation between two characters

Why are props important? Tick two boxes.

• Because they are nice to look at

• Because they help us understand the character

• Because they make the play look real

• Because they are symbolic and represent the character

A (a)   is a short ​ (b)   with 14 ​ (c)   and a strict ​ (d)   scheme. There are several types of sonnets, each with rhyme schemes. abab/cdcd/efef/gg is the pattern found in a ​ (e)   sonnet

• sonnet
• poem
• lines
• rhyme
• Shakespearean
• Edwardian
• stanzas
• limerick
• story

Tick the features of a play.

• Stage directions

• Dialogue

• Paragraphs

• Sentences

• Description

What does the word 'convention' mean?

• Type of text

• Typical features of a text

• Characters in a text

• Comparing texts