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WorksheetsDramatic techniques
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
Choose the correct dramatic device.
A clash between people, values, or ideas.
conflict
stage battle
context
emotion
Choose the correct dramatic device.
The audience knows something that one or more of the characters in a play does not know.
theatrical secret
red herring
situational irony
dramatic irony
Choose the correct dramatic device.
A speech given by one character who is speaking to other characters on stage.
monologue
dialogue
soliloquy
aside
which of these are examples of non-verbal dramatic technique
dialogue
lighting
direct address
stage directions
which of these are examples of verbal dramatic technique
aside
direct address
facial expression
dialogue
An introduction to a literary work is a...
epilogue
malapropism
prologue
crisis
device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story is called
forewarning
foregrounding
foreboding
foreshadowing
a symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story; can be symbols, sounds, actions, ideas, or words is a
foil
metonym
motif
synechdoche
device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story is called
forewarning
foregrounding
foreboding
foreshadowing
The conversation of characters in a literary work is called __________
Expectation
Epilogue
dialogue
romance
The turning point of the action in the plot of a play and the point of greatest tension in the work is called _______
climax
tension
importance
flashback
An interruption of a play's timeline to present an incident that occurred prior to the main time-frame of the play's action is called________.
flashback
dramatic effect
irony
foreshadowing
A monologue is ______________
A speech by a single character without another character's response.
The point in the story of a play where the plot begins.
A dialogue between two major characters in a play.
A good TV show
Props are ___________
Articles or objects that appear on stage during a play.
Important messages given to the audience by the characters.
The most important part of a play, the conflict.
Explanations
The main character of a literary work is called the _________
Protagonist
Antagonist
Scene creator
Stage director
The sorting out of a plot at the end of a play, novel, or story is called the ________________
Resolution
Expansion
Decision
Rising Action
