Drama and Vocabulary Quiz

What is the term for live storytelling where actors bring characters to life right in front of you?

• Comedy

• Theater

• Tragedy

• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which term describes a typically lighthearted form of drama?

• Tragedy

• Soliloquy

• Comedy

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is a major division in a play, similar to chapters in a book?

• Scene

• Act

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is a smaller division within an act that changes the setting or introduces new characters?

• Scene

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

What are instructions in the script for actors' movements, emotions, or actions called?

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

• Aside

• Insurrection

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is a long speech by one character, directed to other characters?

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Aside

• Comedy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

What is a speech where a character speaks their thoughts aloud, often alone on stage?

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Dialogue

• Theater

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

What is a brief comment made by a character, heard only by the audience or a specific character?

• Aside

• Dialogue

• Tragedy

• Comedy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What term means 'made greater; enhanced'?

• Entreated

• Augmented

• Imminent

• Wrathfully

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does 'entreated' mean?

• Rebellion

• Begged; pleaded with

• Strong determination

• About to happen

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4