WorksheetsElements of Drama - 6th grade
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 32mins
The author of a play is called the...
(a)
The part of the script that describes how characters should move, speak, or act.
Movements
Stage Directions
Instructions
Script Instructions
The written form of a play is called the .
(a)
___________________ is the conversations between characters.
Talking
Dialogue
Conversation
Speaking
Plays are broken up into and .
(a)
___________ are a group of two or more scenes.
Acts
Scenes
Chapters
Divisions
are one part of the action that happens in a particular time and place.
(a)
Does a character say the stage directions out loud for the audience? (a)
Is the setting said aloud for the audience?
(a)
What is the person who gives additional information about the characters called?
Script
Playwright
Narrator
Character
What is another name for a drama?
(a)
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).
dialogue
plot
monologue
stage directions
Actors are the __________ in a drama.
setting
props
characters
dialogue
Bart Simpson is a ________ on "The Simpsons."
What usually changes with each scene of a play?
The setting
The author
The main character
The actors
Plot
Lines in the play that the actors speak.
the sequence of events in the play
The time and place of the play
The message of the play.
The ________ is the place where a drama is performed.
stage directions
acts
theater
gym
What is the CAST OF CHARACTERS?
large units of action in a drama
a conversation between or among characters
a list of characters in the beginning of the play
the bracketed information in the script that describes how the characters move
What is a climax?
one segment of the play
the units (chapters) of the action in a play.
moment of greatest tension
most exciting part or turning point
resolution
climax
external
screenplay
hints of what will happen in the future
props
foreshadowing
freeze-frame
beat
problem or struggle
complications
antagonist
conflict
montage
movie script
props
climax
screenplay
external
Play written or adapted for television.
Teleplay
Stage Direction
Act
Scene
What is a Radio play
Tv plays
Plays performed in a theater
Performance over radio brodcast
What is it illegal to do in the Doldrums?
Think
Write
Laugh
Sing
At the beginning of Act 1, what mission does King Azaz give Milo?
Helping the Humbug and Spelling Bee get along.
Settling the quarrel between Azaz and the Mathemagician.
Rescuing the Princesses Rhyme and Reason.
Helping the Humbug find his true home.
Which word BEST describes Milo at the beginning of Act 1?
Tired
Bored
Angry
Curious
In Act 1, why does Azaz give Milo a box of letters of the alphabet?
So that Milo will win when he argues with the Mathemagician.
So that Milo can eat the letters when he is hungry.
So that Milo can make words to help overcome obstacles.
So that Milo will learn to be a better reader.
What lesson does Milo learn in the Doldrums in Act 1?
Rules are meant to be broken.
Laughter is not a useful human behavior.
Failing to think means that you get nowhere.
If you lose your way, try to find someone else's.
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."
Tock's Character
Milo's Character
The Audience
The Setting
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."
Character
Setting
Conflict
Drama
