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Elements of Fiction & Drama

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______ is a kind of literature that is written to be performed by actors for an audience.

a)

soliloquy

b)

drama

c)

scenes

d)

monologue

2.

__________ is a struggle between a character and opposing characters or opposing forces. Conflict can also occur within a character.

a)

drama

b)

conflict

c)

rising action

d)

resolution

3.

The __________ is the time and place in which a story occurs.

a)

character

b)

plot

c)

conflict

d)

setting

4.

A ____________ is a person (or an animal) in a literary work.

a)

character

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

climax

5.

__________ is when two or more characters speak to one another in a story.

a)

monologue

b)

conflict

c)

dialogue

d)

soliloquy

6.

Which element of fiction is being described below:

Jenna stared at the acceptance email for the overseas art program, her heart pounding. This was her dream—but leaving meant abandoning her younger brother, who had no one else to care for him while their mother worked double shifts. She closed the laptop, torn between freedom and responsibility.

a)

conflict

b)

plot

c)

theme

d)

climax

7.

___________________ are a playwright's written instructions about how actors should move and behave.

a)

Monologues

b)

Soliloquies

c)

Stage directions

d)

Asides

8.

Which element of drama is being illustrated in this video?

a)

aside

b)

monologue

c)

soliloquy

d)

dialogue

9.

A ___________ is a section in a play in which all of the events occur in one place at one time.

a)

monologue

b)

scene

c)

stage direction

d)

dialogue

10.

What element of drama is being illustrated in this video?

a)

soliloquy

b)

aside

c)

monologue

d)

dialogue

11.

A ______________ is a speech by a character alone on stage, whose words reveal what he or she is thinking or feeling. Not meant to be heard by other characters.

a)

soliloquy

b)

aside

c)

monologue

d)

dialogue

12.

In an as__________, a character makes a brief remark, either to the audience or to another character, that others on stage do not hear.

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

c)

aside

d)

dialogue

13.

What is the main purpose of a drama?

a)

To create complex conflicts

b)

To develop good characters

c)

To tell a compelling story

d)

To establish a vivid setting