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Drama Vocabulary

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Drama is:

a)

a form of nonfiction

b)

a division of a play

c)

a story acted out in front of an audience

d)

a stage area out of sight of the audience

2.

The different types of drama are called:

a)

Stories

b)

Forms

c)

Elements

d)

Scripts

3.

Things that drama will always contain (plot, characters, etc.)

a)

Elements

b)

Acts

c)

Scenes

d)

Playwrights

4.

The author of a play is called a(n)

a)

Author

b)

Writer

c)

Playwright

d)

Playmaster

5.

The written dialogue and directions provided by the playwright:

a)

Script

b)

Manuscript

c)

Scenes

d)

Acts

6.

The series of events that form a plot:

a)

Script

b)

Elements

c)

Forms

d)

Action

7.

An area out of sight of the audience:

a)

Backstage

b)

Offside

c)

Stage Left

d)

Stage Right

8.

A performer who assumes the role of a character in a play:

a)

Director

b)

Producer

c)

Actor

d)

Playwright

9.

The words an actor says during a performance:

a)

Lines

b)

Scenes

c)

Cues

d)

Acts

10.

Spoken conversations involving two or more characters:

a)

Narrations

b)

Soliloquy

c)

Dialogue

d)

Aside

11.

Someone who tells a story, filling in the gaps for the audience:

a)

Narrator

b)

Speaker

c)

Playwright

d)

Author

12.

A dramatic speech by a single character (directed at other characters)

a)

Soliloquy

b)

Aside

c)

Dialogue

d)

Monologue

13.

The physical surroundings - usually built to fit the play

a)

Props

b)

Stage

c)

Set

d)

Costumes

14.

Any movable object on the set of a play

a)

Prop

b)

Set

c)

Costume

d)

Melody

15.

An instruction written as part of the script

a)

Cue

b)

Scene

c)

Stage Direction

d)

Dialogue

16.

A signal for an actor to speak or move

a)

Monologue

b)

Aside

c)

Act

d)

Cue

17.

An actor's outfit and makeup

a)

Costume

b)

Greasepaint

c)

Prop

d)

Line

18.

A speech a character gives to themselves

a)

Monologue

b)

Dialogue

c)

Soliloquy

d)

Aside

19.

Dialogue meant to be heard by the audience only (also known as breaking the fourth wall)

a)

Soliloquy

b)

Aside

c)

Monologue

d)

Dialogue