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Drama Terms

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

person in charge of running a play

a)

stage directions

b)

character

c)

stage manager

d)

thrust stage

2.

acting without speaking

a)

memorize

b)

pantomime

c)

playwright

d)

performance

3.

description of what is happening on the stage

a)

interaction

b)

stage directions

c)

stage manager

d)

arena theater

4.

strongest emotion present in a piece

a)

drama

b)

mood

c)

props

d)

script

5.

center of the acting area

a)

stage manager

b)

paywright

c)

center stage

d)

Shakespeare

6.

exaggerated play with heroes and villians

a)

melodrama

b)

character

c)

monologue

d)

dramatic

7.

advertising through newspapers, TV, radio, Internet or flyers

a)

performance

b)

publicity

c)

proscenium

d)

assembly

8.

sudden and extreme; attracting attention

a)

obstacle

b)

dramatic

c)

roylaties

d)

memorize

9.

leaving the stage

a)

genre

b)

diction

c)

upstage

d)

exit

10.

overall process of putting on a play

a)

projection

b)

proscenium

c)

objective

d)

production

11.

to clap the hands as an expression of aproval or appreciation

a)

applaud

b)

"places"

c)

curtain

d)

gesture

12.

person who tells the story

a)

matinee

b)

spectacle

c)

auditorium

d)

narrator

13.

signal for something to happen

a)

"places"

b)

fabric

c)

mood

d)

cue

14.

a piece of writing presented as dialogue

a)

melodrama

b)

theme

c)

upstage

d)

play

15.

sorrounding conditions

a)

environment

b)

ensemble

c)

audition

d)

performance

16.

speaking or writing clearly and fluently

a)

projection

b)

abstacle

c)

auditorium

d)

articulate

17.

a women who acts in a play, film, broadcast or commercial

a)

posture

b)

gesture

c)

curtsy

d)

actress

18.

people who come to watch the play

a)

audience

b)

narrator

c)

dialogue

d)

upstage

19.

actor facing the audience and other actors

a)

cheat out

b)

publicity

c)

monotonous

d)

auditorium

20.

articles or items used by an actor on the stage

a)

props

b)

themes

c)

drama

d)

moods

21.

representation of a place on stage

a)

scenery

b)

mood

c)

matinee

d)

audience

22.

lines or words spoken by the actors

a)

audience

b)

dramatic

c)

dialogue

d)

articles

23.

subject for a piece of literature, theater, art, or music

a)

theme

b)

drama

c)

scene

d)

costume

24.

fabric that separates the actors from the audience

a)

curtsy

b)

applaud

c)

curtain

d)

upstage

25.

person in a play that the actor portrays

a)

articulate

b)

director

c)

stage manager

d)

character

26.

to bring out the meaning of something through performance

a)

interpret

b)

project

c)

scenery

d)

direct

27.

the sitting or standing position of a body

a)

posture

b)

upstage

c)

downstage

d)

obstacle

28.

type style used for stage directions

a)

drapery

b)

bold

c)

italics

d)

royalties

29.

clothing worn by actors to show character

a)

volume

b)

costume

c)

curtain

d)

upstage

30.

dialogue acted out between two or more people or a section of a play

a)

gesture

b)

scene

c)

prop

d)

monologue

31.

person who watches an event, show, performance, etc.

a)

actress

b)

conflict

c)

spectacle

d)

spectator

32.

made up of humorous songs or skits that makes fun of something

a)

auditorium

b)

audience

c)

Vaudeville

d)

break-a-leg

33.

what a character wants

a)

"places"

b)

objective

c)

downstage

d)

interpretation

34.

a character that changes during the course of the play

a)

flat character

b)

dynamic character

c)

model

d)

sequence

35.

signal for actors to go to the starting point

a)

objective

b)

"places"

c)

upstage

d)

black box

36.

audience sits on all sides of an acting area

a)

improvisation

b)

thrust stage

c)

articulate

d)

arena stage

37.

a play where the actors also sing

a)

movie

b)

musical

c)

straight play

d)

farce

38.

imaginary wall on that separates the stage from the audience

a)

break-a-leg

b)

the fourth wall

c)

Vaudeville

d)

technical

39.

the area of the stage farthest from the audience

a)

downstage

b)

upstage

c)

center stage

d)

left stage

40.

The most powerful position on stage

a)

upstage

b)

downstage

c)

center stage

d)

left stage