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WorksheetsDRAMA A1 Key Terms
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Select the correct definition for Audience
A group of people responsible for moving the set on stage.
A group of people responsible for delivering dialogue on stage.
A group of individuals gathered together at a certain time and place to see a performance.
A group of people responsible for distributing tickets.
A group of people who are required to select Music
Select the correct definition for Atmosphere
A convention used in performance in which a group move or speak together in unison.
Refers to the audience knowing something that the characters do not.
Particular style of the drama.
The mood of the play conveyed through lights, props, costumes, makeup, sound and performance.
A performance convention in which a person narrates the action that occurs within a drama.
Select the correct definition for Body Language.
Communication that uses a combination of gesture, posture and movement instead of or as well as words.
The use of different heights on the stage.
A group of actors, singers or dancers who perform together on stage.
The expression on the face. It needs an adjective such as ‘fierce’ or ‘sad’.
Spontaneous invention and development of drama without use of scripts or preparation.
Select the correct definition for Collaboration
Persuading everyone in your group that your idea is the best
Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Hints of what is to come in the action of a play.
Two or more people working together in a joint intellectual effort.
Ignoring the ideas of others
Select the correct definition for Costume
Real life objects that characters use in drama.
What an actor wears to evoke the appearance of a particular character.
A playwright’s descriptive comments that provide actors with information about the dialogue, setting and action of the play.
What the audience wears
Spontaneous invention and development of drama without use of scripts or preparation.
Select the correct definition for Cross-Cutting
A structural convention which involves shifting backwards or forwards in time so that participants or the audience can experience or investigate action or context from another perspective.
Two or more scenes, which are performed on stage at the same time. This makes it possible to juxtapose scenes or snippets of scenes that happen at different times or in a different place.
A technique where you question or interview someone who is in role to bring out additional information, ideas, and attitudes about the role.
The proxemics means the distances between character/actors in a play. It shows their relationships and feelings.
A method of staging where the performance space is in the centre of the audience and is surrounded by them on all sides.
Select the correct definition for Duologue
A group of actors, singers or dancers who perform together on stage.
A performance convention in which a person narrates the action that occurs within a drama.
Another word for lines in a play.
Conversation between two characters.
A symbol implies a greater meaning than the literal suggestion and is usually used to represent something other than what it is at face value. Symbolism in the theatre can be achieved via characters, colour, movement, costume and props.
Select the correct definition for Empathy
The opposite of full
Sense of being able to “put yourself in someone else’s shoes.”
Being angry with someone
The speed with which a character speaks or with which a body of text is delivered.
Real life objects that characters use in drama.
Complete this sentence 'Facial expressions are...'
best when kept simple
not necessary during a performance
when the actor covers their face.
Often used to show a character's emotion or motive.
to do with how dialogue is delivered.
Select the correct definition for Genre
A movement of any part of the body that expresses an idea.
Particular style of the drama.
Hints of what is to come in the action of a play.
A story or account of events
A sequence of sounds shaped to enhance action and mood in a drama.
Select the correct definition for Gesture
A movement of any part of the body that expresses an idea.
Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
A distinctive idea, image or sound that is repeated throughout a work, or that underpins a work, so that the theme of the motif resonates through the work.
Two students face one another. One pretends to be a person looking into a mirror while the other pretends to be the reflection of that person, exactly duplicating the person’s movement.
The action of repeating something that has already been said or done to add emphasis.
Select the correct definition for Levels
The relative highness or lowness of tone of the voice.
When you perform a movement sequence in reverse.
A strong beam of light that illuminates only a small area, used especially to centre attention on a stage performer.
The use of different heights on the stage.
Where mental pressure or emotional intensity is used to provoke a response, focus attention, or heighten involvement.
Select the correct definition for Pitch
The speed with which a character speaks or with which a body of text is delivered.
The relative highness or lowness of notes used in the voice.
Usually an emotion - how text or speech sounds
How many parts or layers are there in the music. eg. Is it thick or thin.
A way of speaking particular to a country, society or culture.
Select the correct definition for Props
Real life objects that characters use in drama.
An item on stage that isn't used
The rear part of a stage, away from the audience.
The feelings behind the words a character speaks.
Refers to the audience knowing something that the characters do not.
Select the correct definition for Soundscape
How the dialogue is delivered
The accent used
Sounds that can only be pre-recorded played during a performance
A sequence of sounds shaped to enhance action and mood in a drama.
Sounds used during a performance that have no real impact.
Select the correct definition for Status
Something used to update the audience
When text is projected on a backdrop
Used to show how the character is feeling
The level of power of a character often communicated by being higher on stage.
Can only be shown through use of physicality.
Select the correct definition for Still Image
When a projection is shown on a backdrop screen
A person or the members of a group use their bodies to make an image capturing an idea, theme, or moment in time.
Involves use of gesture to show emotion on stage.
is a piece of movement which only be used at the beginning and end of a performance
Is the only way to show how the characters are feeling during a performance
Select the correct definition for Tableaux
The level of power of a character often communicated by being higher on stage.
A piece of set used on stage
Group of performers creating a frozen image, which captures a scene.
An item used by an actor during a performance
To do with how dialogue is delivered to show emotion
Select the correct definition for Thought Tracking
When the performers move as a group on stage
Must involve everyone speaking at the same time on stage
Must be used in every performance through gesture and facial expression
Involves the actors responding to each other on stage - acting and reacting.
A reflective process convention that reveals the private thoughts of roles at specific moments in the action.
Select the correct definition for Monologue
A conversation between two actors or more
A long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast programme
Involves all performers on stage creating shapes and movement
When you perform a movement sequence in reverse.
a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film.
Select the correct definition for Theme
The use of different heights on the stage.
A technique where you question or interview someone who is in role to bring out additional information, ideas, and attitudes about the role.
The point or argument the play is trying to make.
A story or account of events
Where mental pressure or emotional intensity is used to provoke a response, focus attention, or heighten involvement.
Select the correct definition for Tone
A sequence of sounds shaped to enhance action and mood in a drama.
The level of power of a character often communicated by being higher on stage.
The theme is the point or argument the play is trying to make.
Group of performers creating a frozen image, which captures a scene.
How text or speech sounds
Select the correct definition for Pace
The speed with which a character speaks or with which a body of text is delivered.
means the distances between character/actors in a play. It shows their relationships and feelings.
The level of power of a character often communicated by being higher on stage.
Where mental pressure or emotional intensity is used to provoke a response, focus attention, or heighten involvement.
The feelings behind the words a character speaks.
Select the correct definition for Focal Point
Spontaneous invention and development of drama without use of scripts or preparation.
A group of actors, singers or dancers who perform together on stage.
A specific spot that actors focus on when performing. Usually located above the audiences head.
Usually located on the floor of the stage.
The speed with which a character speaks or with which a body of text is delivered.
Select the correct definition for mime
Involves moving your lips to a song as it plays
the theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement.
A distinctive idea, image or sound that is repeated throughout a work, or that underpins a work, so that the theme of the motif resonates through the work.
The use of different heights on the stage.
The relative highness or lowness of tone of the voice.
