WorksheetsDrama Unit Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
The words an actor says in a play are called the
Dialogue
Actor's Lines
Monologue
Speech
The section of a play that explains what happened after the play ends is called the
Prologue
Epilogue
Author's Note
Foreword
The introduction in a play that provides background info is called the
Prologue
Epilogue
Author's Note
Foreword
A section of a play that takes place in a specific time or place is a
Scene
Act
Setting
Staging
The cast of characters is....
a play intended to make an audience laugh
the signal given to people working in or on a play
lines spoken between characters in a play
the people who act in a play
Narrator
You should skip the stage directions during reading (not performing) a drama selection.
True
False
The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the...
stage directions
scene
setting
stage
What are props?
Actors in play
The action in a play
Objects used by actors in a play to help the audience visualize the drama
Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak
Plays are broken up into _______________ and ______________.
books, chapters
acts, chapters
acts, scenes
scenes, subscenes
A drama is a specialized type of story that is meant to be _________.
Read
Published
Performed
Written
Something that stands for or represents something else is a
Playwright
Setting
Act
Symbol
This is an example of
An epilogue
A prologue
The cast of characters
Stage directions
Click on the image to enlarge. The parts of the script that are underlined IN RED are the
Actor's Lines
Stage Directions
Actors who speak the lines
Narrator
Click on the image to enlarge. The part of the script that is underlined IN BLUE is an example of the
Actor's Lines
Stage Directions
Actors who speak the lines
Narrator
Click on the image to enlarge. The part of the script that is underlined IN GREEN indicates the
Actor's Lines
Stage Directions
Actors who speak the lines
Narrator
Click on the image to enlarge. In this scene, MALE PLAYER 4 seems to be playing the role of a
Author
Stage Directions
Playwright
Narrator
The process of preparing the set for a play is
Staging
Practicing
Blocking
Rehearsing
Match the three main genres of literature to the picture of the example.
Prose (organized in paragraphs)
Poetry (organized in stanzas)
Drama (actors names with lines)
