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Drama Terms

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

a story that is acted out in front of an audience; a play

a)

drama

b)

playwright

c)

cast of characters

d)

role

2.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

a person who writes a play; the author of the drama

a)

drama

b)

playwright

c)

narrator

d)

script

3.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

the actors in a drama; typically listed at the beginning of the play

a)

drama

b)

plot

c)

dialogue

d)

cast of characters

4.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

the character or person of which an actor plays the part

a)

acts/scenes

b)

setting

c)

role

d)

props

5.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

gives the audience information about the actions happening in a play; also gives insight into the characters' thoughts and feelings

a)

narrator

b)

lines

c)

dialogue

d)

plot

6.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

instructions that tell the actors what to do, where to go, how to move, or how to say the lines; usually in parenthesis ( ) or brackets[ ]

a)

dialogue

b)

stage directions

c)

script

d)

role

7.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

different divided parts of a play; setting or costume changes frequently occur with an act or scene change

a)

plot

b)

drama

c)

acts/scenes

d)

playwright

8.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

the written form of the play; contains a list of characters, lines the characters speak, and stage directions

a)

lines

b)

dialogue

c)

setting

d)

script

9.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

the written and spoken words that make up a character's performance

a)

lines

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

role

10.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

the lines of text the characters speak in the play; the characters' names appear before the lines they speak

a)

drama

b)

narrator

c)

dialogue

d)

role

11.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

the events that make up the main part of the play

the events rise to a conflict or climax (main action) and fall to a conclusion or end with a resolution

a)

plot

b)

setting

c)

role

d)

narrator

12.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

the time and place the actin happens; many plays have more than one setting

a)

dialogue

b)

setting

c)

plot

d)

props

13.

Choose the correct term for the following definition:

objects needed to perform the play

a)

props

b)

role

c)

narrator

d)

plot