Which element of drama refers to the written text of a play?

• Script

• Stage

• Character

• Conflict

The struggle between opposing forces in a drama is known as the ____.

• Plot

• Theme

• Conflict

• Setting

Which literary device is used when an actor speaks directly to the audience but is unheard by other characters?

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Monologue

• Dialogue

A long speech by one character directed to other characters on stage is called a ____.

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Prologue

When a playwright uses humor to reveal a serious theme, it is called ____.

• Tragedy

• Comedy

• Satire

• Irony

Which dramatic element establishes the time and place of the action?

• Theme

• Setting

• Character

• Plot

The rising action in a drama mainly develops the ____.

• Setting

• Conflict

• Theme

• Climax

The use of symbols to represent abstract ideas is called ____.

• Allegory

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Irony

Which dramatic device allows the audience to know something the characters do not?

• Dramatic irony

• Verbal irony

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

Intertextuality in drama means ____.

• Borrowing ideas from history

• Combining different texts or references

• Writing original content only

• Avoiding other works