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Elements of Drama - 6th grade

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The author of a play is called the...


(a)  
Choose from the below words
playwright
author
writer
director
2.

The part of the script that describes how characters should move, speak, or act.

a)

Movements

b)

Stage Directions

c)

Instructions

d)

Script Instructions

3.

The written form of a play is called the .


(a)  
Choose from the below words
script
book
program
article
4.

___________________ is the conversations between characters.

a)

Talking

b)

Dialogue

c)

Conversation

d)

Speaking

5.

Plays are broken up into and .


(a)  
Choose from the below words
acts, scenes
books, chapters
acts, chapters
scenes, subscenes
6.

___________ are a group of two or more scenes.

a)

Acts

b)

Scenes

c)

Chapters

d)

Divisions

7.

are one part of the action that happens in a particular time and place.


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Scenes
Acts
Divisions
Chapters
8.

Does a character say the stage directions out loud for the audience?​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
no
yes
9.

Is the setting said aloud for the audience?


(a)  
Choose from the below words
No
Yes
10.

What is the person who gives additional information about the characters called?

a)

Script

b)

Playwright

c)

Narrator

d)

Character

11.

What is another name for a drama?


(a)  
Choose from the below words
A play
A production
An act
A ballet
12.

What is the following excerpt an example of?

(Billy enters the stage from the left humming a tune and skipping over to the couch, showing pure enjoyment).

a)

dialogue

b)

plot

c)

monologue

d)

stage directions

13.

Actors are the __________ in a drama.

a)

setting

b)

props

c)

characters

d)

dialogue

14.
What do you call a written work that is meant to be performed rather than read, like a play?
a)
Stage Directions
b)
Drama
c)
Character
d)
Costume
15.
What do you call a person in the story?
a)
Character Traits
b)
Mood
c)
Symbolism
d)
Character
16.
What do you call words spoken by a character?
a)
Dialogue
b)
Character
c)
Setting
d)
Mood
17.
What do you call clothing worn by an actor on stage during a performance?
a)
Character
b)
Mood
c)
Costume
d)
Symbolism
18.
What do you call directions in the text that instruct actors' physical movements?
a)
Drama
b)
Stage Directions
c)
Setting
d)
Tone
19.
What do you call total environment of the story?
a)
Setting
b)
Character
c)
Mood
d)
Plot
20.
What do you call adjectives that describe an individual in the story?
a)
Character
b)
Mood
c)
Tone
d)
Character Traits
21.
Select the correct vocabulary word:
Bart Simpson is a ________ on "The Simpsons."
a)
Plot
b)
Setting
c)
Character
d)
Mood
22.
The major sections of a play
a)
Acts
b)
Scene
c)
Drama
d)
Script
23.
Items used on stage to help actors tell a story
a)
Flats
b)
Sets
c)
Props
d)
Costumes
24.
The major sections of a play
a)
Acts
b)
Scene
c)
Drama
d)
Script
25.
Conversation between two or more characters
a)
Monologue
b)
Dialect
c)
Conversation
d)
Dialogue
26.
A playwright is...
a)
Someone that directs a film.
b)
An audience member.
c)
A writer of plays.
27.
Provides information such as the time and place of the story or description of the setting.
a)
Stage Direction
b)
Foreshadow
c)
Props
d)
Playwright
28.
Acts divided into smaller sections...
a)
Scene
b)
Act
c)
Script
d)
Excerpt
29.
Stage direction
a)
a major division of a play, like parts of a book.
b)
a minor division of the play, like chapters.
c)
list of people who perform in the play-includes descriptions and motivations.
d)
information given in dialogue or at the beginning that explains to the performers and audience how the play should be performed.
30.
What is the meaning of dialogue?
a)
Conversations between two or more characters
b)
The internal monolgue of a character
c)
A strugle that takes place in a story
d)
The gestures an actor usses in a drama
31.
Who are the characters in a drama?
a)
Play that presents a serious situation
b)
The struggle between opposing forces
c)
This is what the acts are broken up into
d)
People who are in a story actors in a play
32.
What role does the playwright play?
a)
The main character of a play
b)
The editor of a play
c)
The author of a play
d)
The sound technician of a play
33.

What usually changes with each scene of a play?

a)

The setting

b)

The author

c)

The main character

d)

The actors

34.

Plot

a)

Lines in the play that the actors speak.

b)

the sequence of events in the play

c)

The time and place of the play

d)

The message of the play.

35.

The ________ is the place where a drama is performed.

a)

stage directions

b)

acts

c)

theater

d)

gym

36.

What is the CAST OF CHARACTERS?

a)

large units of action in a drama

b)

a conversation between or among characters

c)

a list of characters in the beginning of the play

d)

the bracketed information in the script that describes how the characters move

37.

What is a climax?

a)

one segment of the play

b)

the units (chapters) of the action in a play.

c)

moment of greatest tension

38.

most exciting part or turning point

a)

resolution

b)

climax

c)

external

d)

screenplay

39.

hints of what will happen in the future

a)

props

b)

foreshadowing

c)

freeze-frame

d)

beat

40.

problem or struggle

a)

complications

b)

antagonist

c)

conflict

d)

montage

41.

movie script

a)

props

b)

climax

c)

screenplay

d)

external

42.

Play written or adapted for television.

a)

Teleplay

b)

Stage Direction

c)

Act

d)

Scene

43.

What is a Radio play

a)

Tv plays

b)

Plays performed in a theater

c)

Performance over radio brodcast

44.

What is it illegal to do in the Doldrums?

a)

Think

b)

Write

c)

Laugh

d)

Sing

45.

At the beginning of Act 1, what mission does King Azaz give Milo?

a)

Helping the Humbug and Spelling Bee get along.

b)

Settling the quarrel between Azaz and the Mathemagician.

c)

Rescuing the Princesses Rhyme and Reason.

d)

Helping the Humbug find his true home.

46.

Which word BEST describes Milo at the beginning of Act 1?

a)

Tired

b)

Bored

c)

Angry

d)

Curious

47.

In Act 1, why does Azaz give Milo a box of letters of the alphabet?

a)

So that Milo will win when he argues with the Mathemagician.

b)

So that Milo can eat the letters when he is hungry.

c)

So that Milo can make words to help overcome obstacles.

d)

So that Milo will learn to be a better reader.

48.

What lesson does Milo learn in the Doldrums in Act 1?

a)

Rules are meant to be broken.

b)

Laughter is not a useful human behavior.

c)

Failing to think means that you get nowhere.

d)

If you lose your way, try to find someone else's.

49.

What does this quote from the story give you information about?

Milo: "What kind of place is Dictionopolis, anyway?"

Tock: "It's where all the words in the world come from. It used to be a marvelous place, but ever since Rhyme and Reason left, it hasn't been the same."

a)

Tock's Character

b)

Milo's Character

c)

The Audience

d)

The Setting

50.

In Act 1 what does the dialogue below give you information about?

Lethargarian 1: "At 8:00 we get up and then we spend from 8 to 9 daydreaming."

a)

Character

b)

Setting

c)

Conflict

d)

Drama