EN Drama Vocabulary Quiz

The author of a play is a

• dialogue
• acts
• script
• playwright

Instructions that tell the actors what to do or how to deliver a part of play

• playwright
• acts
• stage directions
• scenes

Divides the acts each time a setting changes

• acts
• scenes
• drama
• script

Divides the play into smaller parts like chapters in a book

• acts
• scenes
• script
• dialogue

The actors in a drama or play

• dialogue
• cast
• drama
• stage directions

Conversation between two or more characters in a play

• drama
• script
• dialogue
• scenes

A story written to be performed by actors

• drama
• script
• playwright
• scenes

The written text of a play

• script
• scenes
• drama
• stage directions

The playwright includes the stage directions at the beginning of each scene mainly to-

• identify the time and place
• hint at how a problem will be solved
• describe the main character's problem
• explain the character's feelings and actions

The character tags throughout a drama help the reader know-

• who is speaking the lines
• where the scene is taking place
• how the audience might react
• what the scene will be about