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Drama Unit Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The words an actor says in a play are called the

a)

Dialogue

b)

Actor's Lines

c)

Monologue

d)

Speech

2.

The section of a play that explains what happened after the play ends is called the

a)

Prologue

b)

Epilogue

c)

Author's Note

d)

Foreword

3.

The introduction in a play that provides background info is called the

a)

Prologue

b)

Epilogue

c)

Author's Note

d)

Foreword

4.

A section of a play that takes place in a specific time or place is a

a)

Scene

b)

Act

c)

Setting

d)

Staging

5.

The cast of characters is....

a)

a play intended to make an audience laugh

b)

the signal given to people working in or on a play

c)

lines spoken between characters in a play

d)

the people who act in a play

6.
A person who writes plays is
a)

Narrator

b)
Author
c)
Illustrator
d)
Playwright
7.

You should skip the stage directions during reading (not performing) a drama selection.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the...

a)

stage directions

b)

scene

c)

setting

d)

stage

9.

What are props?

a)

Actors in play

b)

The action in a play

c)

Objects used by actors in a play to help the audience visualize the drama

d)

Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak

10.

Plays are broken up into _______________ and ______________.

a)

books, chapters

b)

acts, chapters

c)

acts, scenes

d)

scenes, subscenes

11.

A drama is a specialized type of story that is meant to be _________.

a)

Read

b)

Published

c)

Performed

d)

Written

12.

Something that stands for or represents something else is a

a)

Playwright

b)

Setting

c)

Act

d)

Symbol

13.

This is an example of

a)

An epilogue

b)

A prologue

c)

The cast of characters

d)

Stage directions

14.

Click on the image to enlarge. The parts of the script that are underlined IN RED are the

a)

Actor's Lines

b)

Stage Directions

c)

Actors who speak the lines

d)

Narrator

15.

Click on the image to enlarge. The part of the script that is underlined IN BLUE is an example of the

a)

Actor's Lines

b)

Stage Directions

c)

Actors who speak the lines

d)

Narrator

16.

Click on the image to enlarge. The part of the script that is underlined IN GREEN indicates the

a)

Actor's Lines

b)

Stage Directions

c)

Actors who speak the lines

d)

Narrator

17.

Click on the image to enlarge. In this scene, MALE PLAYER 4 seems to be playing the role of a

a)

Author

b)

Stage Directions

c)

Playwright

d)

Narrator

18.

The process of preparing the set for a play is

a)

Staging

b)

Practicing

c)

Blocking

d)

Rehearsing

19.

Match the three main genres of literature to the picture of the example.

a)

1.

Prose (organized in paragraphs)

b)

2.

Poetry (organized in stanzas)

c)

3.

Drama (actors names with lines)

20.
A drama, or a play is a passage that tells a story using _______________ characters say to each other.
a)
songs
b)
lines
c)
books
d)
jokes