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Drama Terms

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

A play written for the theater, television, film or radio.

a)

Tik Tok

b)

Blockbuster

c)

Drama

d)

Novel

2.

The document containing a written drama, with setting descriptions, dialogue, and stage directions, which the stage hands, actors, and directors use to prepare for a performance.

a)

Script

b)

Sonnet

c)

Play

d)

Comic book

3.

A tragedy is...

a)

A drama lighter in tone than ordinary works, usually amusing, and has a happy ending.

b)

Overly dramatic.

c)

Sure to get laughter from the audience.

d)

A drama that results in catastrophe for the main characters.

4.

A tragicomedy contains elements of...

a)

tragedy

b)

romance

c)

comedy

d)

satire

5.

Exaggerated drama appealing to the senses of the audience is...

a)

Satire

b)

Melodrama

c)

Comedy

d)

A song written by Taylor Swift

6.

The main character(s) is called...

a)

Supporting actor

b)

Diva

c)

Oscar worthy

d)

Protagonist

7.

The antagonist is...

a)

The BFF of the protagonist.

b)

The adversary, group, or entity opposing or in conflict with the protagonist.

c)

The romantic interest.

d)

The professional academic that offers advice to the protagonist.

8.

A protagonist with a tragic flaw, who usually dies due to a cruel twist of fate is called a...

a)

Tragic lover

b)

Comedic hero

c)

Tragic hero

d)

Comedic flaw

9.

A foil is a _____________ whose personality and attitude _______________ sharply with that of another character.

a)

character, contrasts

b)

baking device, blend

c)

character, mixes

d)

wing, flies

10.

Comic relief is a scene or speech designed to...

a)

bring humor.

b)

cause trouble

c)

bring tears.

d)

relieve tension.

11.

The literary device which is a reference to a person, place, thing or event that the reader presumably knows is called...

a)

an onomatopoeia

b)

an allusion.

c)

an alliteration.

d)

an anaphora

12.

An oxymoron is...

a)

A detergent that is unintelligent.

b)

Pairing two words together that are identical in meaning to emphasize the point.

c)

Pairing two words together that are opposing or contradictory in meaning to enhance a concept.

d)

Your annoying little brother.

13.

When the audience knows more than the character, building suspense, it is called...

a)

dramatic irony.

b)

reality T.V.

c)

Elizabethan theater.

d)

a sonnet.

14.

Dialogue is the exchange of spoken words between...

a)

the antagonist and the tragic hero.

b)

a character and himself.

c)

Gru and his minions.

d)

two or more characters.

15.

Monologue is...

a)

a speech that gets sick and tired.

b)

an extended speech by one character.

c)

a place to take dead bodies.

d)

marriage to one other person.

16.

A type of monologue in which a character directly addresses the audience or speaks his/her thoughts aloud while the other characters are silent is...

a)

a monologue.

b)

a dialogue.

c)

a soliloquy.

d)

an outburst.

17.

An aside is when a character speaks to the audience, usually a brief comment...

a)

or sometimes a very long one, depending.

b)

in which the audience understands the other characters cannot hear the comment.

c)

and chastises them for being noisy and rude.

d)

and asks for help remembering his lines.

18.

This part of a drama consists of several scenes, and when it changes to a new one, it indicates major shifts in events, like rising action, climax and resolution.

a)

Act.

b)

Drama.

c)

Scene.

d)

Backdrop.

19.

A scene is...

a)

longer than an act.

b)

the entire length of the play.

c)

part of a drama in which the characters embarrass themselves.

d)

a subdivision of an act presenting continuous action in a single place and time.

20.

The preface or introduction, often written in poetic verse, and presented to the audience by one or more actors at the opening of the play is called...

a)

the plot.

b)

the prologue.

c)

the climax.

d)

the epilogue.

21.

An epilogue is...

a)

a speech.

b)

often written in poetic verse.

c)

presented at the end of a play.

d)

a cryptic cliffhanger.

22.

Staging consists of...

a)

Elizabeths

b)

backdrops

c)

props

d)

costumes