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Elements of Drama

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The major sections of a play
a)
Acts
b)
Scene
c)
Drama
d)
Script
2.
Items used on stage to help actors tell a story
a)
Flats
b)
Sets
c)
Props
d)
Costumes
3.
Conversation between two or more characters
a)
Monologue
b)
Dialect
c)
Conversation
d)
Dialogue
4.
A playwright is...
a)
Someone that directs a film.
b)
An audience member.
c)
A writer of plays.
5.
Provides information such as the time and place of the story or description of the setting.
a)
Stage Direction
b)
Foreshadow
c)
Props
d)
Playwright
6.
Acts divided into smaller sections...
a)
Scene
b)
Act
c)
Script
d)
Excerpt
7.
Stage directions are the words written that appear in parentheses throughout the play and these words tell the characters how to _________________.
a)
do the play
b)
use dialogue
c)
act
d)
sing
8.
a conversation between two or more characters where words are spoken and information is given.
a)
Monologue
b)
Dialogue
c)
Foil
d)
Soliloquy
9.
Stage direction
a)
a major division of a play, like parts of a book.
b)
a minor division of the play, like chapters.
c)
list of people who perform in the play-includes descriptions and motivations.
d)
information given in dialogue or at the beginning that explains to the performers and audience how the play should be performed.
10.
What is the meaning of dialogue?
a)
Conversations between two or more characters
b)
The internal monolgue of a character
c)
A strugle that takes place in a story
d)
The gestures an actor usses in a drama
11.
Who are the characters in a drama?
a)
Play that presents a serious situation
b)
The struggle between opposing forces
c)
This is what the acts are broken up into
d)
People who are in a story actors in a play
12.
What role does the playwright play?
a)
The main character of a play
b)
The editor of a play
c)
The author of a play
d)
The sound technician of a play
13.
What are stage directions in a play?
a)
The information provided at the beginning of a story (setting,
characters, etc.)
b)
The information provided in a play to offer guidance to the actors
and director as to what they should be going.
c)
The information provided in a play that describes the place, time,
and mood.
d)
The information provided at the end of the play that describes the
lessons learned by the characters.
14.

Stage Directions

a)

Center stage, stage left and stage right are all examples of these

b)

When an actor turns his/her face or entire body out to an audience to be seen better

c)

The planning and working out of the movements of actors on stage

15.

Why are stage directions part of a script? Pick ALL the correct answers.

a)

to let the reader imagine what should happen on stage

b)

to communicate what would be acted, not spoken

c)

to tell actors and directors how the playwright wants this part to be acted out

d)

to let the audience of a play know what is happening in case they can't see the stage.

16.

What usually changes with each scene of a play?

a)

The setting

b)

The author

c)

The main character

d)

The actors

17.

characters

a)

the people in the plot of the play

b)

Lines in the play that the actors speak.

c)

The message of the play.

d)

The time and place of the play

18.

Dialogue

a)

Sequence of events in the play

b)

Lines in the play that the actors speak.

c)

The time and place of the play

d)

the people in the play

19.

Setting

a)

The time and place of the play

b)

Lines in the play that the actors speak.

c)

the people in the play

d)

The message of the play.

20.

Plot

a)

Lines in the play that the actors speak.

b)

the sequence of events in the play

c)

The time and place of the play

d)

The message of the play.