WorksheetsBENCHMARK REVIEW 2024
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 40mins
This is a review of our skills learned in previous units that will apply to drama. Match the terms to the correct definition
Exposition
Introduces the setting, characters, and potentially the conflict.
Rising Action
Builds potential suspense in the text, introduces obstacles that make the conflict more complicated.
Climax
The turning point; the moment where the conflict is at it's most "dramatic" point.
Resolution
Reveals the final outcome of the story; ties up any loose ends.
Theme
The abstract message or lesson learned from the text.
The playwright / author's reason for writing the play / text. The word choice and structure help us determine this!
Author's Purpose
Author's Voice
Author's Thoughts
Author's Message
The person who wrote the play
Drama Author
Writer
Playwright
Storyteller
The way playwrights break up the action in a play; the way it is structured overall
Act
Stage Directions
Dialogue
Scene
A subsection of the play, within an Act, that takes place at a specific time and place / between specific characters
Drama
Act
Scene
Stage Directions
The words characters speak in a piece of text
Speech
Dialogue
Conversation
Monologue
The playwright's written instructions about how actors should move or behave. Broken up into 2 main categories: Action based, Performance based.
Stage Directions
Actor's Notes
Plot
Dialogue
The "main character" or "main focus" of a piece
Antagonist
Protagonist
Actor
Playwright
Stage directions are a key component to understanding drama, because they give the performers and readers of the play an opportunity to understand both the emotions and the actions taking place, therefore helping the reader make inferences about the author's purpose in writing the play.
True
False
The "opposing force" of a piece (does not necessarily have to be a person)
Anatagonist
Protagonist
Playwright
Actor
A story that is performed on stage for an audience.
Script
Dialogue
Drama
the part of the play that deals with the lines the actors speak.
Scripting
Characters
Drama
The words the actors speak.
Drama
Script
Dialogue
A brief monologue for the audience that is unheard by other characters on the stage.
aside
soliloguy
monologue
Descriptions or directions in a script that tell HOW the play is performed. Often tells the characters where to stand and what to do. What is this called?
instructions
orders
stage directions
A main idea is the main ______ of an article. It tells what the author ______________
(a)
What is the definition of a caption?
The main heading of an article.
The title of an article.
A small explanation to explain the main idea.
A small explanation to explain the picture.
Blue Ridge Middle School is the best school in Texas!
Fact
Opinion
Blue Ridge Middle School is located in north Texas.
Fact
Opinion
What is the main idea?
evidence
warrant/bridge
Evidence is
Proof that supports and backs up my claim
Words or phrases a writer uses to move from one idea to the next
Explaining, expanding on, and reinforcing the importance of my evidence and how/why it supports my claim
A list of the sources I used during my research
To elaborate means
The opposing side of an argument
Proof that supports and backs up my claim
Why an author believes their stance
Explaining, expanding on, and reinforcing the importance of my evidence and how/why it supports my claim
An In-text citation is
Words or phrases a writer uses to move from one idea to the next
Why an author believes their stance
Also known as a text reference; stating in my essay where my evidence came from and the author of my evidence
The opposing side of an argument
A reason is
The ending paragraph that summarizes the main ideas from the entire essay
Why an author believes their stance
Words an author uses to show their feelings about their topic; also to improve their argument
Using evidence word for word from a text and putting the evidence in quotation marks
A counterargument is
Words or phrases a writer uses to move from one idea to the next
To re-word, rearrange, summarize, or put information in my own words
The opposing side of an argument
A list of the sources I used during my research
An example of a claim is
No, because kids can get hurt, feel too much pressure, and lose focus on their grades
I think competitive sports are a bad idea.
Yes because competitive sports are fun!
Kids should be involved in competitive sports.
A claim does not
State yes or no
State I think...
Explain the reasons
All of the above
A direct quote is
Using evidence word for word from a text and putting the evidence in quotation marks
When the author disproves the opposing side’s evidence. (ex: I understand what you are saying, but…)
Words an author uses to show their feelings about their topic; also to improve their argument
Words or phrases a writer uses to move from one idea to the next
Paraphrase means
Using evidence word for word from a text and putting the evidence in quotation marks
To re-word, rearrange, summarize, or put information in my own words
Why an author believes their stance
Words an author uses to show their feelings about their topic; also to improve their argument
The introduction to a story, including the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time.
Exposition
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
Not always happy, but it does complete the story. It can leave the reader with questions, answers, frustration, or satisfaction.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Resolution
The most exciting point of the story, and is a turning point for the plot or goals of the main character.
Characters
Conflict
Climax
Conclusion
All of the events that lead to the eventual climax, including character development and events that create suspense.
Exposition
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
Everything that happens as a result of the climax, including wrapping up of plot points, questions being answers, and character development.
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
Protagonist
The primary problem that drives the story, often a main goal for the protagonist to achieve or overcome.
Climax
Character
Conflict
Conclusion
“Once upon a time, there were three bears. There was a Daddy Bear, who was very big, a Mama Bear, who was middle-sized, and a Baby Bear, who was very small. They all lived together in a little cottage in the middle of the woods."
This is an example of . . .
Exposition
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution
Soon after this the three bears returned. Father bear looked down on his bowl. “Someone's been eating my porridge,” he growled. Mother bear looked down on her bowl. “And someone's been eating my porridge too,” she said. And then baby bear cried, “And someone's been eating my porridge and at it's all gone!”
This is an example of . . .
Exposition
Rising Action
Conflict
Resolution
Goldilocks opened her eyes and screamed with terror at the sight of the three angry bears. She jumped out of bed then jumped out of the window and ran all the way home.
Goldilocks never sneaked into someone else's house ever again.
This is an example of . . .
Exposition
Rising Action
Falling Action
Resolution.
Which list shows the plot elements in the correct order?
exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution
exposition, falling action, rising action, climax, resolution
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
rising action, falling action, exposition, climax, resolution
What is included in the exposition ? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY!
(There are multiple correct answers to choose)
beginning conflict
characters
setting
conclusion
the moral or the lesson that is taught through a story.
theme
conflict
plot
climax
when and where the events of the story take place.
theme
setting
plot
climax
the series of events that make up a story
plot
exposition
theme
setting
What is the setting of the story?
Summer
Michigan
Warm Weather
baseball game
What is the conflict in this story?
The heat of the night making it difficult to sleep.
The bat that had flown in from the chimney.
My annoying sister.
The window was left open and the bat flew in.
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.
