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Dramatic techniques

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct dramatic device.

A clash between people, values, or ideas.

a)

conflict

b)

stage battle

c)

context

d)

emotion

2.

Choose the correct dramatic device.

The audience knows something that one or more of the characters in a play does not know.

a)

theatrical secret

b)

red herring

c)

situational irony

d)

dramatic irony

3.

Choose the correct dramatic device.

A speech given by one character who is speaking to other characters on stage.

a)

monologue

b)

dialogue

c)

soliloquy

d)

aside

4.

which of these are examples of non-verbal dramatic technique

a)

dialogue

b)

lighting

c)

direct address

d)

stage directions

5.

which of these are examples of verbal dramatic technique

a)

aside

b)

direct address

c)

facial expression

d)

dialogue

6.

An introduction to a literary work is a...

a)

epilogue

b)

malapropism

c)

prologue

d)

crisis

7.

device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story is called

a)

forewarning

b)

foregrounding

c)

foreboding

d)

foreshadowing

8.

a symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story; can be symbols, sounds, actions, ideas, or words is a

a)

foil

b)

metonym

c)

motif

d)

synechdoche

9.

device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story is called

a)

forewarning

b)

foregrounding

c)

foreboding

d)

foreshadowing

10.

The conversation of characters in a literary work is called __________

a)

Expectation

b)

Epilogue

c)

dialogue

d)

romance

11.

The turning point of the action in the plot of a play and the point of greatest tension in the work is called _______

a)

climax

b)

tension

c)

importance

d)

flashback

12.

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________.

a)

flashback

b)

dramatic effect

c)

irony

d)

foreshadowing

13.

A monologue is ______________

a)

A speech by a single character without another character's response.

b)

The point in the story of a play where the plot begins.

c)

A dialogue between two major characters in a play.

d)

A good TV show

14.

Props are ___________

a)

Articles or objects that appear on stage during a play.

b)

Important messages given to the audience by the characters.

c)

The most important part of a play, the conflict.

d)

Explanations

15.

The main character of a literary work is called the _________

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

c)

Scene creator

d)

Stage director

16.

The sorting out of a plot at the end of a play, novel, or story is called the ________________

a)

Resolution

b)

Expansion

c)

Decision

d)

Rising Action

17.
An aside is 
a)
Character speaks directly to audience.
b)
A speech at the beginning of a play.
c)
A conversation between two or more characters in a play.
18.
A scene is 
a)
a major time division in a play.
b)
a minor time division in a play.
c)
the back story of a play
19.
Stage directions are
a)
the speech between characters.
b)
the construction of the stage.
c)
written instructions to actors.
d)
North, South, East and West.
20.
Soliloquy is 
a)
a character speaking alone on stage.
b)
a character letting the audience know how he really feels.
c)
both are correct.